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| | surname Li | |
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| | plum | |
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| | suitcase / baggage compartment / overhead bin / (car) trunk / boot | |
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| | Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗 (599-649), reigned 626-649 | |
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| | Li Zongren (1891-1969), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction | |
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| | lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree / to substitute one thing for another / to carry the can for sb | |
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| | Li Yuan, personal name of first Tang emperor Gaozu 唐高祖 (566-635), reigned 618-626 | |
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| | Li Shangyin (c. 813-858), Tang poet | |
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| | Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009 | |
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| | Li He (790-816), Tang poet | |
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| | Yuan T. Lee (1936-), Taiwanese-born Chemist and Nobel Prize winner in 1986 | |
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| | Titus Livius or Livy (59 BC-17 AD), Roman historian | |
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| | Li Zhan, personal name of fourteenth Tang emperor Jingzong 敬宗 (809-827), reigned 825-827 | |
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| | the Korean Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910) | |
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| | Syngman Rhee (1875-1965), US-trained Korean politician and dictator, president of Republic of Korea 1948-1960 | |
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| | Li Song, personal name of eleventh Tang emperor Shunzong 順宗|顺宗 (761-806), reigned 805-806 | |
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| | luggage rack | |
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| | toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. | |
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| | Licang district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong | |
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| | personal name of seventh Tang emperor Xuanzong 唐玄宗 (685-762), reigned 712-756 | |
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| | Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动 after the Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命 of 1911 | |
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| | King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚 | |
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| | Li Kui, character in the novel Water Margin 水滸全傳|水浒全传 | |
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| | luggage office | |
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| | Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine | |
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| | Li Fang (925-996), scholar between Tang and Song dynasties, author of fictional history | |
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| | Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and founding member of the communist party | |
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| | Tale of Courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行簡|白行简 along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot | |
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| | Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet / given name Li Yu 李煜 | |
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| | Li Jun, fictional character from 水滸傳|水浒传 | |
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| | Ferenc (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer / Joseph Lister (1883-1897), British surgeon and bacteriologist | |
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| | Tsung-Dao Lee (1926-), Chinese American physicist, Columbia University, 1957 Nobel laureate | |
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| | Licang district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong | |
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| | Joseph Needham (1900-1995), British biochemist and author of Science and Civilization in China | |
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| | Otto Braun (1900-1974), Comintern adviser to the Chinese communist party 1932-1939 | |
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| | plum tree | |
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| | any Tom, Dick or Harry; anyone | |
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| | Li Kui (455-395 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of Wei state 魏國|魏国 | |
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| | lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head / to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom) / to confuse one thing with another | |
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| | Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert | |
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| | Li Zhe, personal name of fourth Tang Emperor Zhongzong 唐中宗 (656-710), reigned 705-710 | |
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| | Li Ruzhen (c. 1763-c. 1830), Qing novelist and phonologist, author of fantasy novel Jinghua Yuan 鏡花緣|镜花缘 or Flowers in the Mirror | |
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| | Li Huaiyuan (-756), senior Tang dynasty official | |
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| | Lee Hsien Loong (1952-), Singapore PAP politician, eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀, prime minister from 2004 | |
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| | Li Kuo, personal name of tenth Tang emperor Dezong 德宗, (742-805), reigned 779-805 | |
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| | Li Zhi, personal name of third Tang emperor Gaozong 唐高宗, (628-683), reigned 649-683 | |
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| | Li Jilan 李季蘭|李季兰 or Li Ye (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet | |
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| | Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈 in promoting classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 | |
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| | Li Xuan, personal name of nineteenth Tang emperor Xizong 僖宗 (862-888), reigned 873-888 | |
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| | Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 張三|张三, 李四, 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry | |
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| | chop suey (American Chinese dish) | |
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| | Li Ning (1963-), PRC gymnast, winner of three gold medals at Los Angeles 1984 Olympic games | |
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| | Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet | |
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| | Li Chun, personal name of twelfth Tang emperor Xianzong 憲宗|宪宗 (778-820), reigned 805-820 | |
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| | Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal | |
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| | Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC | |
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| | Sir Tim Berners-Lee (1955-), British computer scientist and co-creator of the World Wide Web | |
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| | Li Bing (c. 3rd century BC) hydraulic engineer who designed the Dujiangyan 都江堰 irrigation system in Sichuan | |
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| | Li Dan, personal name of sixth Tang emperor Ruizong 唐睿宗 (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712 | |
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| | Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍|卧虎藏龙 and Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山) | |
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| | Robin Li (1968-), founder and CEO of Baidu 百度, a PRC Internet company | |
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| | ancient place in modern day Zhejiang Province | |
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| | plum with bright red skin | |
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| | luggage conveyor belt; baggage carousel | |
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| | Li Heng, personal name of eighth Tang emperor Suzong 肅宗|肃宗 (711-762), reigned 756-762 | |
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| | Lee Chang-ho (1975-), South Korean Go player | |
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| | Li Yuchun aka Chris Lee (1984-), Chinese pop singer | |
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| | Li Ye, personal name of twentieth Tang emperor Zhaozong 昭宗 (867-904), reigned 888-904 | |
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| | Li Hongzhi (1951-), founder of Falun Gong 法輪功|法轮功 | |
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| | Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飛將軍|飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴 | |
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| | blackthorn | |
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| | Li Yu (c. 937-978), given name of the final ruler of Tang of the Five Southern dynasties Li Houzhu 李後主|李后主, a renowned poet | |
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| | Li Delin (530-590), historian of Northern Wei and Sui dynasty | |
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| | Yi Seong-gye (1335-1408), founder and first king of Korean Yi dynasty (1392-1910) | |
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| | luggage that has been checked in (on flight) | |
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| | Li Keqiang (1955-2023), PRC politician, premier 2013-2023 | |
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| | Lie group (math.) | |
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| | Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty | |
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| | Li Gongpu (-1946), communist killed by Guomindang in Kunming in 1946 | |
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| | Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese-trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration | |
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| | Brandon Lee (1965-1993), American actor, son of Bruce Lee | |
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| | the pagoda bearing god | |
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| | Li Jilan or Li Ye 李冶 (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet | |
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| | Li Chen, personal name of seventeenth Tang emperor Xuanzong 宣宗 (810-859), reigned 846-859 | |
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| | Coco Lee (1975-), pop singer, songwriter and actress | |
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| | Li Zhaoxing (1940-), former PRC foreign minister | |
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| | Li Lianjie or Jet Li (1963-), martial arts sportsman, subsequently film star and director | |
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| | Li Tie (1977-), footballer | |
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| | gooseberry | |
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| | "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang", military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖 and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书 | |
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| | damson (fruit) | |
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| | (lit.) Zhang Three and Li Four; (fig.) any Tom, Dick or Harry | |
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| | (four proverbial names) Tom, Dick and Harry | |
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| | lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors | |
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| | baggage carousel | |
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