律
Meanings
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- 1.law
- 1.surname Lü
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Wiktionary
- 1.pitch pipe
- 2.temperament
- 3.statute; principle; regulation; discipline; rule; law
- 4.vinaya (rules of monastic discipline)
- 5.to control; to keep under control
- 6.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *rud): semantic 彳 + phonetic 聿 (OC *b·lud). Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rus (“bone”); see there for more (cf. Sagart, 2014; Hill, 2019).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
我要當律師。
I want to be a lawyer.
我需要一名律師。
I need a lawyer.
我相信規律的運動。
I believe in exercising regularly.
他假裝是一位律師。
He pretended that he was a lawyer.
湯姆已經僱了新律師。
Tom has already hired a new lawyer.
你能幫我介紹一名律師嗎？
Could you introduce me to a lawyer?
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Related words
法律 law律师 lawyer规律 rule (e.g. of science)纪律 discipline旋律 melody一律 same; identical律所 law firm (abbr. for 律师事务所[lu : 4 shī shì wù suǒ])诗律 meters and forms of versification; prosody定律 scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy)沙律 see 沙拉[shā lā]七律 verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 characters, with rhyme on alternate lines (abbr. for 七言律诗[qī yán lu : 4 shī])戒律 monastic discipline