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立 lì to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately
Results beginning with 立
立即 lì jí immediately
立场 lì chǎng position / standpoint / CL:個|个[ge4]
立刻 lì kè forthwith / immediate / prompt / promptly / straightway / thereupon / at once
立法 lì fǎ to enact laws / to legislate / legislation
立体 lì tǐ three-dimensional / solid / stereoscopic
立足 lì zú to stand / to have a footing / to be established / to base oneself on
立时 lì shí right away / quickly / immediately
立案 lì àn to register (to an official organism) / to file a case (for investigation)
立马 lì mǎ at once / immediately / promptly / swiftly
立项 lì xiàng to launch a project
立志 lì zhì to be determined / to be resolved
立下 lì xià to set up / to establish
立委 lì wěi abbr. for 立法委員會|立法委员会[li4 fa3 wei3 yuan2 hui4] / abbr. for 立法委員|立法委员[li4 fa3 wei3 yuan2]
立功 lì gōng to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]) / to make worthy contributions / to distinguish oneself
立方 lì fāng cube (math.) / abbr. for 立方體|立方体[li4 fang1 ti3] / abbr. for 立方米[li4 fang1 mi3]
立正 lì zhèng to stand straight / attention! (order to troops)
立交 lì jiāo abbr. for 立體交叉|立体交叉[li4 ti3 jiao1 cha1] overpass
立国 lì guó to found a country
立身 lì shēn to stand up / to conduct oneself
立定 lì dìng to stop / to halt / halt! / to hold resolutely (of a view, an aspiration etc)
立面 lì miàn facade
立春 Lì chūn Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 4th-18th February
立论 lì lùn proposition / argument
立秋 Lì qiū Liqiu or Start of Autumn, 13th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 7th-22nd August
立夏 Lì xià Lixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 5th-20th May
立宪 lì xiàn to set up a constitution
立冬 Lì dōng Lidong or Start of Winter, 19th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 7th-21st November
立院 Lì yuàn Legislative Yuan (Tw) / abbr. for 立法院[Li4 fa3 yuan4]
立轴 lì zhóu vertical scroll (painting or calligraphy) / vertical shaft (of a machine)
立顿 Lì dùn Lipton (name)
立约 lì yuē to make a contract
立传 lì zhuàn to record sb's achievements in writing / to write a biography enhancing the subject's image
立蛋 lì dàn egg balancing (activity popular in China at Lichun 立春[Li4 chun1] etc) / to stand an egg on its broad end
立德 lì dé to distinguish oneself through virtue (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3])
立绒 lì róng velvet
立像 lì xiàng standing image (of a Buddha or saint)
立言 lì yán to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]) / to expound one's theory
立鱼 lì yú tilapia
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立方米 lì fāng mǐ cubic meter (unit of volume)
立体声 lì tǐ shēng stereo sound
立交桥 lì jiāo qiáo overpass / flyover
立法会 lì fǎ huì legislative council / LegCo (Hong Kong)
立法院 Lì fǎ yuàn Legislative Yuan, the legislative branch of government under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
立陶宛 Lì táo wǎn Lithuania
立足点 lì zú diǎn foothold
立方体 lì fāng tǐ cube / cubic
立体图 lì tǐ tú three-dimensional figure / hologram / stereogram
立面图 lì miàn tú elevation (architectural drawing)
立体派 Lì tǐ pài Cubism
立法处  Legislative Branch
立法司  Legislative Division
立刀旁 lì dāo páng name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂[dao1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到[dao4], 利[li4], 別|别[bie2] etc
立法的 lì fǎ de law-making (adj)
立方根 lì fāng gēn cube root (math.)
立军功 lì jūn gōng to render meritorious military service
立可白 lì kě bái correction fluid (loanword from "Liquid Paper") (Tw)
立山区 Lì shān qū Lishan district of Anshan city 鞍山市[An1 shan1 shi4], Liaoning
立体角 lì tǐ jiǎo solid angle
立竿见影 lì gān jiàn yǐng lit. set up a pole and see the shadow (idiom) / fig. instant effect / quick results
立体交叉 lì tǐ jiāo chā three-dimensional road junction (i.e. involving flyover bridges or underpass tunnels) / overpass
立地成佛 lì dì chéng fó to become a Buddha on the spot (idiom) / instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes
立身处世 lì shēn chǔ shì the way of one's conduct and interaction in society (idiom)
立体几何 lì tǐ jǐ hé solid geometry
立即行动  immediate action
立即平等  Equality Now
立体投影  stereographic projection
立体卫星  Stereosat
立木价格  stumpage price
立案侦查 lì àn zhēn chá to file for investigation / to prosecute (a case)
立百病毒 Lì bǎi bìng dú Nipah virus
立场文件 lì chǎng wén jiàn position paper
立定跳远 lì dìng tiào yuǎn standing long jump
立法机关 lì fǎ jī guān legislature
立方公尺 lì fāng gōng chǐ cubic meter (m³)
立方厘米 lì fāng lí mǐ cubic centimeter
立法授权 lì fǎ shòu quán legislative mandate
立法委员 lì fǎ wěi yuán member of the Legislative Yuan (Tw)
立杆见影 lì gān jiàn yǐng lit. put up a pole and see the shadow (idiom) / to expect instant results
立功赎罪 lì gōng shú zuì to redeem oneself / to atone
立克次体 lì kè cì tǐ Rickettsia (genus of intracellular parasitic bacteria)
立式车床 lì shì chē chuáng vertical turning machine
立陶宛人 Lì táo wǎn rén Lithuanian (person)
立体化学 lì tǐ huà xué stereochemistry
立体异构 lì tǐ yì gòu stereoisomerism (chemistry)
立体照片 lì tǐ zhào piàn three-dimensional photo
立委选举 lì wěi xuǎn jǔ legislative elections
立卧撑跳 lì wò chēng tiào burpee
立账器材 lì zhàng qì cái accountable items
立克次体属  rickettsieae
立足人权的  human rights-based approach
立木采伐费  stumpage fee
立法改革司  Legislative Reform Division
立木稀疏的  understocked
立法委员会 lì fǎ wěi yuán huì legislative committee
立克次体病 lì kè cì tǐ bìng rickettsial disease / rickettsiosis
立陶宛国旗 lì táo wǎn guó qí flag
立体电影院 lì tǐ diàn yǐng yuàn stereoscopic cinema / 3D cinema
立体摄像机 lì tǐ shè xiàng jī stereoscopic camera / 3D camera
立体异构体 lì tǐ yì gòu tǐ stereoisomer (chemistry)
立刻实现和平  Peace Now
立即行动方桉  Programme for Immediate Action
立即反应账户  Immediate Response Account
立即行动练习  immediate reaction drill / immediate action drill / drill
立宪公民投票  constitutional referendum
立木度不足的  understocked
立法改革倡议 lì fǎ gǎi gé chàng yì Legislative Reform Initiative
立氏立克次体 lì shì lì kè cì tǐ Rickettsia rickettsii
立陶宛共和国 lì táo wǎn gòng hé guó the Republic of Lithuania
立即拨付到国家 lì jí bō fù dào guó jiā assigned immediately to country
立即释放良心犯 lì jí shì fàng liáng xīn fàn Freedom Now
立即解决住房国际  Shelter Now International
立即恢复行动计划  Action Plan for Immediate Rehabilitation
立足人权的方桉拟定  human rights-based approach to programming / HRBA programming
立即停止人口贩运！  End Human Trafficking Now!
立法和宪法事务委员会  Commission on Legislation and Constitutional Matters
立法事务联合咨询委员会  Joint Advisory Council on Legislative Matters
立法和人道主义事务委员会  Committee on Legislation and Humanitarian Affairs
立即、无阻碍、无条件和无限制进入  immediate, unimpeded, unconditional and unrestricted access
Approximate Results for 立
建立 jiàn lì to establish / to set up / to found
成立 chéng lì to establish / to set up / to be tenable / to hold water
独立 dú lì independent / independence / to stand alone
设立 shè lì to set up / to establish
树立 shù lì to set up / to establish
确立 què lì to establish / to institute
创立 chuàng lì to establish / to set up / to found
站立 zhàn lì to stand / standing / on one's feet
国立 guó lì national / state-run / public
对立 duì lì to oppose / to set sth against / to be antagonistic to / antithetical / relative opposite / opposing / diametrical
日立 Rì lì Hitachi, Ltd.
订立 dìng lì to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc) / to set up (a rule etc)
孤立 gū lì isolate / isolated
中立 zhōng lì neutral / neutrality
自立 zì lì independent / self-reliant / self-sustaining / to stand on one's own feet / to support oneself
私立 sī lì private (company, school etc)
林立 lín lì to stand in great numbers
公立 gōng lì public (e.g. school, hospital)
直立 zhí lì erect / upright / vertical
屹立 yì lì to tower / to stand straight (of person's bearing)
矗立 chù lì to tower / standing tall and upright (of large building)
伫立 zhù lì to stand for a long time
耸立 sǒng lì to stand tall / to tower aloft
开立 kāi lì to found / to establish / to set up / to open (an account, a branch store etc) / to draw up (a certificate, receipt, prescription etc)
分立 fēn lì to establish as separate entities / to divide (a company etc) into independent entities / discrete / separate / separation (of powers etc)
起立 qǐ lì to stand / Stand up!
挺立 tǐng lì to stand erect / to stand upright
市立 shì lì municipal / city / city-run
竖立 shù lì to erect / to set upright / to stand
倒立 dào lì a handstand / to turn upside down / to stand on one's head / upside down
鼎立 dǐng lì lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces
州立 zhōu lì state-run
并立 bìng lì to exist side by side / to exist simultaneously
肃立 sù lì to stand respectfully / (of trees, mountains) standing tall and majestic
安立 ān lì Anritsu
壁立 bì lì (of cliffs etc) stand like a wall / rise steeply
兀立 wù lì to stand upright and motionless
两立 liǎng lì to coexist / coexistence
按立 àn lì ordination
傲立 ào lì to stand proudly
把立 bǎ lì stem (bicycle component)
册立 cè lì to confer a title on (an empress or a prince)
篡立 cuàn lì to become an unlawful ruler
膏立 gào lì to annoint
骨立 gǔ lì thin / emaciated
孑立 jié lì to be alone / to stand in isolation
崛立 jué lì to tower over / rising (to a dominant position)
侍立 shì lì to stand by in attendance
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爱立信 Aì lì xìn Ericsson (Swedish telecommunications company)
对立面 duì lì miàn opposite / antonym / the opposite side (in a conflict)
创立者 chuàng lì zhě founder
独立报 Dú lì Bào The Independent
中立国 zhōng lì guó neutral country
傅立叶 Fù lì yè Charles Fourier (French sociologist and socialist, 1772-1837)
水立方 shuǐ lì fāng Water Cube, nickname of Beijing National Aquatics Center 北京國家游泳中心|北京国家游泳中心, swimming venue of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
中立派 zhōng lì pài centrist / the centrist faction
创立人 chuàng lì rén founder
倒立像 dào lì xiàng inverted image / reversed image (e.g. upside down)
凡立水 fán lì shuǐ varnish (loanword)
非独立 fēi dú lì dependent
腓立比 Féi lì bǐ Philip / Philippi
孤立子 gū lì zǐ soliton (physics)
好立克 Hǎo lì kè Horlicks (malt-flavored powder used to make a hot drink)
黄立行 huáng lì xíng Stanley
建立者 jiàn lì zhě founder
快可立 Kuài kě lì Quickly, tapioca milk tea franchise
马三立 Mǎ Sān lì Ma Sanli (1914-2003), Chinese comedian
拍立得 Pāi lì dé Polaroid (Tw)
使孤立 shǐ gū lì isolate
手倒立 shǒu dào lì handstand
双立人 Shuāng lì rén J. A. Henckels (brand)
天桥立 Tiān qiáo lì Ama-no-hashidate in the north of Kyōto prefecture 京都府 / on the Sea of Japan
头倒立 tóu dào lì headstand
直立人 zhí lì rén Homo erectus
中立性 zhōng lì xìng impartiality / neutrality
周立波 Zhōu Lì bō Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist / Zhou Libo (1967-), Chinese stand-up comedian
朱立伦 Zhū Lì lún Eric Chu (1961-), Taiwanese KMT politician
独立自主 dú lì zì zhǔ independent and autonomous (idiom) / self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs
坐立不安 zuò lì bù ān lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom) / restless / fidgety
当机立断 dāng jī lì duàn to make prompt decisions (idiom)
顶天立地 dǐng tiān lì dì lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom)
标新立异 biāo xīn lì yì to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom)
建功立业 jiàn gōng lì yè to achieve or accomplish goals
州立大学 Zhōu lì Dà xué State University (US)
私立学校 sī lì xué xiào private school
亭亭玉立 tíng tíng yù lì slender and elegant (of a woman)
鹤立鸡群 hè lì jī qún a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom) / way above the common / manifestly superior
势不两立 shì bù liǎng lì the two cannot exist together (idiom) / irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints
而立之年 ér lì zhī nián the age of 30
安身立命 ān shēn lì mìng to settle down and pursue one's path in life (idiom)
成家立业 chéng jiā lì yè to get married and start a career (idiom) / to settle down / to establish oneself
巧立名目 qiǎo lì míng mù to fabricate excuses (idiom) / to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)
三十而立 sān shí ér lì thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
三权分立 sān quán fēn lì separation of powers
著书立说 zhù shū lì shuō to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom)
巍然屹立 wēi rán yì lì to stand tall and rock-solid (idiom) / towering majestically / (of a person) to stand up against sb
誓不两立 shì bù liǎng lì the two cannot exist together (idiom) / irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints
树碑立传 shù bēi lì zhuàn lit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom) / to monumentalize / to glorify / to sing the praises of
破旧立新 pò jiù lì xīn to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom) / to innovate
安家立业 ān jiā lì yè stable household, established profession (idiom) / settled and comfortably off
不破不立 bù pò bù lì without destruction there can be no construction
程门立雪 Chéng mén lì xuě lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom) / fig. deep reverence for one's master
重足而立 chóng zú ér lì rooted to the spot (idiom) / too terrified to move
孤立无援 gū lì wú yuán isolated and without help
横眉立目 héng méi lì mù to scowl and stare down / to defy
矜功不立 jīn gōng bù lì boasts a lot, but nothing comes of it (idiom)
金鸡独立 jīn jī dú lì golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture) / standing on one leg
贫无立锥 pín wú lì zhuī not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom) / absolutely destitute
茕茕孑立 qióng qióng jié lì to stand all alone
特立独行 tè lì dú xíng to be unconventional / independence of action
应机立断 yìng jī lì duàn to act on an opportunity (idiom) / to take prompt advantage of a situation
自立门户 zì lì mén hù to form one's own group or school of thought / to set up one's own business / to establish oneself
孤立特征  freestanding feature
网络中立  net neutrality
分立取样  discrete sampling
地位中立  status-neutral
附属立法  subordinate legislation / subsidiary statutes / auxiliary laws / enabling regulations
无立木的  unstocked
独立地雷  independent mine
建立共识  consensus building
国际立法  international legislation
完全独立  full independence
示范立法  model legislation
独立项目  stand-alone project
中立部队  Impartial Forces
傍户而立 bàng hù ér lì to stand close to the door
成家立室 chéng jiā lì shì to get married (idiom)
次级立法 cì jí lì fǎ subordinate legislation / subsidiary statutes / auxiliary laws / enabling regulations
档案建立 dàng àn jiàn lì file creation
大破大立 dà pò dà lì to destroy the old and establish the new (idiom) / radical transformation
独立电网 dú lì diàn wǎng off-the-grid
独立门户 dú lì mén hù to live apart from parents (of married couple) / to achieve independence
独立生活 dú lì shēng huó "Independent Living"
独立选民 dú lì xuǎn mín independent voter
独立宣言 dú lì xuān yán Declaration of Independence
独立战争 dú lì zhàn zhēng war of independence
独立钻石 dú lì zuàn shí solitaire (puzzle)
腓立比书 Féi lì bǐ shū Epistle of St Paul to the Philippians
公立学校 gōng lì xué xiào public school
孤孑特立 gū jié tè lì to be all alone in the world
孤立子波 gū lì zǐ bō instanton (math.)
孤证不立 gū zhèng bù lì unacceptable as uncorroborated evidence (in law or in textual criticism)
建立时间 jiàn lì shí jiān setup time / settling time
建立信任 jiàn lì xìn rèn confidence-building
孑立无依 jié lì wú yī to stand alone / to have no one to rely on
局外中立 jú wài zhōng lì neutralism
可立中学 kě lì zhōng xué Ho
挠性立管 náo xìng lì guǎn flexible riser
普立兹奖 Pǔ lì zī Jiǎng Pulitzer Prize (Tw)
强硬立场 qiáng yìng lì chǎng tough position
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