累累 is also the simplified spelling of 纍纍.

累累

Mandarin · pinyin léi léi#

Meanings · léi léi

  1. (literary) (of fruit, achievements etc) clusters of; piles of; heaps of
  2. (literary) gaunt; haggard; wretched
  3. Taiwan pr. lěi lěi
Mandarin · pinyin lěi lěi#

Meanings · lěi lěi

  1. again and again
  2. innumerable
  3. repeated
  4. riddled with
  5. accumulated
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累
lèi · tired; implicate, involve; bother
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2–2 · lei2 lei2

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adj · Etymology 1

  1. very many; countless; innumerable

adv · Etymology 1

  1. again and again; repeatedly

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

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累累 · lei2 lei2 · lei3 lei3
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 85,370, 85,371
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Exact source records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]/累累 累累 [lei3 lei3] /again and again/innumerable/repeated/riddled with/accumulated/