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to rumble with thunder / clap of thunder
HSK 4
mirroring others / identical
HSK 7-9
Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake)
(bird species of China) rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
Tyrannosaurus rex
Charles Grey (1764-1845), prime minister of the United Kingdom 1830-34
sound of thunder
Adelaide, capital of South Australia / also written 阿德萊德|阿德莱德
thundershower
Pressburg (Slovakia)
thunder
Reynolds number (ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces in fluid mechanics)
Canterbury
thunderstorm
thunderclap / (of a P2P lending platform) to collapse
minesweeper
Monterey
Hamlet (name) / the Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark c. 1601 by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) / thunderbird (in native American mythology)
Freyr (god in Norse mythology)
thunderbolt
thunder and lightning
laser (loanword used in Taiwan) / also written 鐳射|镭射
Reykjavik, capital of Iceland (Tw)
Tolui (1193-1232), fourth son of Genghis Khan
land mine (CL:顆|颗) / (fig.) sore point; weak spot
gray (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword) (Tw)
Raytheon Company, US defense contractor
Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick, Canada
Teresa / Theresa (name)
god of thunder (Chinese Leigong 雷公, Norse Thor 索爾|索尔, Greek Zeus 宙斯 etc)
Reynolds (name) / Renault (French car company) / Reno, Nevada
torpedo
to lay mines
thunder rolls
muffled thunder / (fig.) sudden shock / blow
Harare, capital of Zimbabwe
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  *雷* | 雷* | *雷
surname Lei
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  *雷* | 雷* | *雷
thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷 land mine / (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
Clark T. Randt Jr. (1945-), US ambassador to Beijing 2001-2009
apatosaurus / former name: brontosaurus
(loanword) beret
to be in a thundering rage (idiom)
pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom); swift and decisive reaction
thunderstorm
thunderous snoring
lit. like thunder piercing the ear / a well-known reputation (idiom)
to be furious / to fly into a terrible rage
Rex (name)
thunderous applause (idiom)
real (Brazilian currency) (loanword)
to be thundering / thunder clap / CL: 個|个
minesweeper (computer game)
not shaken by thunder (idiom); the arrangements are unalterable / to adhere rigidly to regulations / will go ahead whatever happens (of an arrangement or plan)
grenade
Lehman or Leymann (name)
lightning arrester
Sucre, constitutional capital of Bolivia
Halley's Comet
Leizhou Peninsula
Leishan, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
(slang) large breasts
Preston, city in England
torpedo boat
Florentino Pérez (1947-), Spanish businessman and president of Real Madrid football club
not overstepping the prescribed limits / to remain within bounds
Dreyer (name) / June Teufel Dreyer, China expert at Univ. of Miami and Foreign Policy Research Institute
Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology
Leizhou, a county-level city in Zhanjiang City 湛江市, Guangdong
lightning rod
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist
lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action / his bark is worse than his bite
Leibo, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, Sichuan
naval mine
minesweeper
Frederick (name)
Raymond (name)
to stamp with fury; to fly into a rage
(military) to clear landmines / (fig.) (slang) to give people a heads-up; to warn others about bad experiences
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British conservative politician and novelist, prime minister 1868-1880
reggae (loanword) / also written 雷鬼
Gustave Dore (1832-1883), French artist and sculptor
Tampere (Swedish Tammerfors), Finland's second city
thunderclap
dare not go one step beyond the prescribed limit
to step on a mine / (fig.) to inadvertently do sth that has an unpleasant result / (fig.) to be accidentally exposed to a spoiler
Shimon Peres (1923-2016), Israel politician, prime minister in 1977, 1984-1986 and 1995-1996, president 2007-2014, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 1994
(coll.) to wonder secretly / to make wild conjectures
Reykjavik, capital of Iceland
Brest, westernmost town in France
detonator / fuse
to detect mines / mine detection
sound of thunder
(of a P2P lending platform) to collapse / (Tw) (slang) to reveal plot details / spoiler
John Leighton Stuart (1876-1962), second-generation American missionary in China, first president of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China
Lexus / see also 凌志
Gustav Stresemann (Chancellor and Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic)

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