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Warsaw Pact, Soviet-led military alliance (1955–1991) (abbr. for 華沙條約組織|华沙条约组织)
Mahdi army, Iraqi Shia armed militia led by Moqtada Sadr
light-emitting diode (LED)
LED lamp bead; small light bulb
(Tw) light-emitting diode (LED)
Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842
Bayan of the Baarin (1236–1295), Mongol general under Kublai Khan who led the conquest of the Southern Song / Bayan of the Merkid (died 1340), Yuan dynasty general and politician
Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864), a massive rebellion in southern China against the Qing Dynasty, led by Hong Xiuquan 洪秀全, who sought to establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国, resulting in one of the deadliest conflicts in history with millions of casualties
lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom) / fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past / to repeat a disastrous mistake
Jeet Kun Do or Way of the Intercepting Fist, a fusion of Eastern and Western martial arts led by Bruce Lee 李小龍|李小龙
Shih Ming-teh (1941–2024), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962–1977 and 1980–1990 under the Guomindang, subsequently a leader of DPP 民進黨|民进党, in 2006 led protests against Chen Shui-Bian 陳水扁|陈水扁
the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty
carrier-based vanguard group (CBVG) / naval battle group led by an aircraft carrier
(archaic) formation of infantrymen led by chariots
Autumn Harvest Uprising (1927), insurrection in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces led by Mao Zedong
Fushe, late Ming political and cultural movement led by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥 and others, advocating the revival of ancient studies
Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal
late Tang peasant uprising 875-884 led by Huang Chao
LED strip light
Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC / also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子
Huang Chao peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang, led by Huang Chao
Wuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led to Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty
Yongzhen Reform, Tang dynasty failed reform movement of 805 led by Wang Shuwen 王叔文
to abandon the old (Asian) ways and learn from Europe / refers to the ideas that led to the Meiji Restoration and Japan's subsequent colonization projects in Asia
Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assassination in Sarajevo led to World War I
the tracks of a cart that overturned / (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past
LED strip light
Ma Fuzi (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC / also called Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括
mass transfer (in LED panel manufacturing)


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