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歷
简 历 · 繁 歷Mandarin · pinyin lì
Meanings
- to experience
- to undergo
- to pass through
- all
- each
- every
- history
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4 · li4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
lik6
Cantonese word readings for 歷. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to experience; to go through; to undergo
- experience; history; record
- to surpass; to exceed; to overstep
- to offend; to go against; to undermine
- to travel through; to go travelling
- extensively; all over; completely
- many times; repeatedly
- one by one; one at a time
- all of the previous (occurrences); all past
- to take charge of; to assume (a role)
- to choose; to select (a date)
- to examine; to scrutinise; to observe; to calculate
- clear; distinct; lucid
- few and far between; sporadic
- a surname
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