累 累

léi léi

(literary) (of fruit, achievements etc) clusters of / piles of / heaps of / (literary) gaunt / haggard / wretched / Taiwan pr. [lěi lěi]

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Original source entry:

累累 累累 [lei2 lei2] /(literary) (of fruit, achievements etc) clusters of; piles of; heaps of/(literary) gaunt; haggard; wretched/Taiwan pr. [lei3 lei3]/

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DEFINITION CC-CEDICT

variant of 累累[léi léi]

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Original source entry:

纍纍累累 [lei2 lei2] /variant of 累累[lei2 lei2]/

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lěi lěi

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DEFINITION CC-CEDICT

again and again / innumerable / repeated / riddled with / accumulated

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Original source entry:

累累累累 [lei3 lei3] /again and again/innumerable/repeated/riddled with/accumulated/

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Other forms in these source records: 纍纍

累
léi
used in 累累[léi léi] / used in 累贅|累赘[léi zhui] and 累墜|累坠[léi zhui] / used in 纍纍|累累[léi léi]
lěi
to accumulate / to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]) / continuous / repeated
lèi
tired / weary / to strain / to wear out / to work hard
累
léi
used in 累累[léi léi] / used in 累贅|累赘[léi zhui] and 累墜|累坠[léi zhui] / used in 纍纍|累累[léi léi]
lěi
to accumulate / to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]) / continuous / repeated
lèi
tired / weary / to strain / to wear out / to work hard

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