| 发光二极管 | fā guāng èr jí guǎn | light-emitting diode / LED |  |
| 覆辙 | fù zhé | the tracks of a cart that overturned / (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past |  |
| 林则徐 | Lín Zé xú | Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842 | |
| 重蹈覆辙 | chóng dǎo fù zhé | lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom) / fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past / to repeat a disastrous mistake | |
| 截拳道 | jié quán dào | Jeet Kun Do or Way of the Intercepting Fist, a fusion of Eastern and Western martial arts led by Bruce Lee 李小龍|李小龙[Li3 Xiao3 long2] | |
| 李陵 | Lǐ Líng | Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 / in 104 BC led to a major scandal | |
| 施明德 | Shī Míng dé | Shih Ming-teh (1941-), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962-1977 and 1980-1990 under the Guomindang, subsequently a leader of DPP 民進黨|民进党, in 2006 led protests against Chen Shui-Bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3] | |
| 秋收起义 | Qiū shōu qǐ yì | Autumn Harvest Uprising (1927), insurrection in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces led by Mao Zedong | |
| 武昌起义 | Wǔ chāng Qǐ yì | Wuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led to Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty | |
| 黄巢起义 | Huáng Cháo qǐ yì | Huang Chao peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang, led by Huang Chao | |
| 永贞革新 | Yǒng zhēn Gé xīn | Yongzhen Reform, Tang dynasty failed reform movement of 805 led by Wang Shuwen 王叔文[Wang2 Shu1 wen2] | |
| 法兰西斯·斐迪南 | | Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assassination in Sarajevo led to World War I | |
| 皖系战败 | Wǎn xì zhàn bài | Anhui faction of Northern Warlords (1912-c. 1920), led by Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 / with Japanese support | |
| 航空母舰战斗群 | háng kōng mǔ jiàn zhàn dòu qún | carrier-based vanguard group (CBVG) / naval battle group led by an aircraft carrier | |
| 复社 | Fù shè | Fushe, late Ming political and cultural movement led by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] and others, advocating the revival of ancient studies | |
| 赵括 | Zhào Kuò | Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国[Zhao4 Guo2], who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC / also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子[Ma3 Fu2 zi3] | |
| 迈赫迪军 | Mài hè dí jūn | Mahdi army, Iraqi Shia armed militia led by Moqtada Sadr | |
| 陈桥兵变 | Chén qiáo bīng biàn | the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 / to found the Song dynasty | |
| 马服子 | Mǎ Fú zǐ | Ma Fuzi (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国[Zhao4 Guo2], who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC / also called Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] | |
| 黄巢之乱 | Huáng Cháo zhī luàn | late Tang peasant uprising 875-884 led by Huang Chao | |
| 法兰西斯・斐迪南 | Fǎ lán xī sī · Fěi dí nán | Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assassination in Sarajevo led to World War I | |
| 脱亚入欧 | tuō Yà rù Oū | to abandon the old (Asian) ways and learn from Europe / refers to the ideas that led to the Meiji Restoration and Japan's subsequent colonization projects in Asia | |
| 法兰西斯·斐迪南 | Fǎ lán xī sī · Fěi dí nán | Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assassination in Sarajevo led to World War I | |
| 巨量转移 | jù liàng zhuǎn yí | mass transfer (in LED panel manufacturing) | |
| 鱼丽阵 | yú lì zhèn | (archaic) formation of infantrymen led by chariots | |
| 灯带 | dēng dài | LED strip light | |
| 灯条 | dēng tiáo | LED strip light | |
| 太平天国起义 | Tài píng Tiān guó Qǐ yì | Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864), a massive rebellion in southern China against the Qing Dynasty, led by Hong Xiuquan 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4quan2], who sought to establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国[Tai4ping2 Tian1guo2], resulting in one of the deadliest conflicts in history with millions of casualties | |
| 灯珠 | dēng zhū | LED lamp bead / small light bulb | |
