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Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare.

解理面jiě lǐ miàn

cleavage plane (e.g. of slate)

认死理rèn sǐ lǐ

obstinate / opinionated

认知心理学rèn zhī xīn lǐ xué

cognitive psychology

认知神经心理学rèn zhī shén jīng xīn lǐ xué

cognitive neuropsychology

说理shuō lǐ

to reason / to argue logically

调理tiáo lǐ

to nurse one's health / to recuperate / to take care of / to look after / to discipline / to educate / to train / to prepare food / (dialect) to make fun of / (medicine) to opsonize

调理食品tiáo lǐ shí pǐn

precooked food

论理lùn lǐ

normally / as things should be / by rights / to reason things out / logic

论理学lùn lǐ xué

logic

护理学hù lǐ xué

nursing

护理师hù lǐ shī

nurse

变分原理biàn fēn yuán lǐ

variational principle (physics)

变革管理biàn gé guǎn lǐ

change management (business)

岂有此理qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ

how can this be so? (idiom) / preposterous / ridiculous / absurd

质量管理zhì liàng guǎn lǐ

quality management

超物理chāo wù lǐ

surpassing the physical world / metaphysical

输理shū lǐ

to be in the wrong

逆定理nì dìng lǐ

converse theorem (math.)

违天害理wéi tiān hài lǐ

lit. violating heaven and reason (idiom) / immoral character

违天逆理wéi tiān nì lǐ

lit. violating heaven and reason (idiom) / immoral character

远大理想yuǎn dà lǐ xiǎng

lofty ideal

酌情办理zhuó qíng bàn lǐ

to act after full consideration of the actual situation

医理yī lǐ

medical knowledge / principles of medical science

医疗护理yī liáo hù lǐ

health care

阅读理解yuè dú lǐ jiě

reading comprehension

难以理解nán yǐ lǐ jiě

hard to understand / incomprehensible

零点定理líng diǎn dìng lǐ

Hilbert's zeros theorem (math.) / Nullstellensatz

电磁理论diàn cí lǐ lùn

electromagnetism / electromagnetic theory

需求层次理论xū qiú céng cì lǐ lùn

(Maslow's) hierarchy of needs (psychology)

项目管理xiàng mù guǎn lǐ

project management

预期推理yù qī tuī lǐ

predictive inference

预处理yù chǔ lǐ

to preprocess

风险管理fēng xiǎn guǎn lǐ

risk management

食物及药品管理局shí wù jí yào pǐn guǎn lǐ jú

US Food and Drug Administration authority (FDA)

余数定理yú shù dìng lǐ

the Remainder Theorem

理查德Lǐ chá dé

Richard (name)

理查Lǐ chá

(name) Richard

理学Lǐ xué

School of Principle / Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥|程颢[Chéng Hào], Cheng Yi 程頤|程颐[Chéng Yí] and Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhū xī])

理光Lǐ guāng

Ricoh, Japanese imaging and electronics company

理塘县Lǐ táng Xiàn

Litang, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gān zī Zàng zú Zì zhì zhōu], Sichuan

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