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luggage / CL:
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plum / CL: 個|个
Li Zhi, personal name of third Tang emperor Gaozong 唐高宗, (628-683), reigned 649-683
Coco Lee (1975-2023), pop singer, songwriter and actress
Ferenc (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer / Joseph Lister (1883-1897), British surgeon and bacteriologist
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plum
Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗 (599-649), reigned 626-649
suitcase / baggage compartment / overhead bin / (car) trunk / boot
Li Shangyin (c. 813-858), Tang poet
Titus Livius or Livy (59 BC-17 AD), Roman historian
Syngman Rhee (1875-1965), US-trained Korean politician and dictator, president of Republic of Korea 1948-1960
the Korean Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910)
luggage rack
toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
Licang district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong
Licang district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong
plum tree
Joseph Needham (1900-1995), British biochemist and author of Science and Civilization in China
personal name of seventh Tang emperor Xuanzong 唐玄宗 (685-762), reigned 712-756
luggage office
Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet / given name Li Yu 李煜
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
Li Zongren (1891-1969), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction
King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
Lao Zi
Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and founding member of the communist party
Tsung-Dao Lee (1926-2024), Chinese American physicist, Columbia University, 1957 Nobel laureate
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
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
lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree / to substitute one thing for another / to carry the can for sb
any Tom, Dick or Harry; anyone
lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head / to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom) / to confuse one thing with another
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
Li He (790-816), Tang poet
Li Kuo, personal name of tenth Tang emperor Dezong 德宗, (742-805), reigned 779-805
Li Jilan 李季蘭|李季兰 or Li Ye (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet
Li Ning (1963-), PRC gymnast, winner of three gold medals at Los Angeles 1984 Olympic games
Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty
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)
Li Peng (1928-2019), leading PRC politician, prime minister 1987-1998, reportedly leader of the conservative faction advocating the June 1989 Tiananmen clampdown
Li Keqiang (1955-2023), PRC politician, premier 2013-2023
Li Jun, fictional character from 水滸傳|水浒传
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
Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet
Li Chun, personal name of twelfth Tang emperor Xianzong 憲宗|宪宗 (778-820), reigned 805-820
Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal
Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC
Li Na (1982-), Chinese tennis player, first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title (2011 French Open women's singles)
Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and purported author of "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
Li Yuan, personal name of first Tang emperor Gaozu 唐高祖 (566-635), reigned 618-626
Sir Tim Berners-Lee (1955-), British computer scientist and co-creator of the World Wide Web
Li Dan, personal name of sixth Tang emperor Ruizong 唐睿宗 (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712
Michele Monique Reis (1970-) actress, model and former Miss Hong Kong & Miss Chinese International
ancient place in modern day Zhejiang Province
plum with bright red skin
luggage conveyor belt; baggage carousel
Li Zhe, personal name of fourth Tang Emperor Zhongzong 唐中宗 (656-710), reigned 705-710
Sir Li Ka-shing (1928-), Hong Kong businessman
Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist
Li Qingzhao (1084-c. 1151), southern Song female poet
Li Hongzhi (1951-), founder of Falun Gong 法輪功|法轮功
travel bag
luggage that has been checked in (on flight)
Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
Li Kui (455-395 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of Wei state 魏國|魏国
Lee Chang-ho (1975-), South Korean Go player
Danny Lee Sau-Yin (1953-), Hong Kong actor and director
Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015), founding father of modern Singapore, prime minister 1959-1990
Otto Braun (1900-1974), Comintern adviser to the Chinese communist party 1932-1939
Li Yu, personal name of ninth Tang emperor Taizong 代宗 (727-779), reigned 762-779
Li Bingbing (1973-), PRC film actress and pop star
Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009
Richard Li (1966-), Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist
Li Kui, character in the novel Water Margin 水滸全傳|水浒全传
Lee Hsien Loong (1952-), Singapore PAP politician, eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀, prime minister from 2004
porter / bellboy
Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert
Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
Li Jiancheng (589-626), eldest son of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 唐高祖李淵|唐高祖李渊, murdered by his brother 李世民 in the Xuanwu Gate coup 玄武門之變|玄武门之变 / Professor Li Jiancheng (1964-), geophysicist and specialist in satellite geodesy
Li Zhi (1527-1602), late Ming philosopher, historian and writer
the pagoda bearing god
Li Heng, personal name of eighth Tang emperor Suzong 肅宗|肃宗 (711-762), reigned 756-762
Li Bai 李白 and Du Fu 杜甫
Li Boyuan or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉 (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官場現形記|官场现形记
Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飛將軍|飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴
Li Yanshou (fl. 650), compiler of History of the Southern 南史 and Northern Dynasties 北史
Li Heng, personal name of thirteenth Tang emperor Muzong 穆宗 (795-824), reigned 821-825
Li Zhenfan (1940-1973), real name of the actor Bruce Lee 李小龍|李小龙
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
Robin Li (1968-), founder and CEO of Baidu 百度, a PRC Internet company
Li Delin (530-590), historian of Northern Wei and Sui dynasty
Listeria monocytogene
Li Ye, personal name of twentieth Tang emperor Zhaozong 昭宗 (867-904), reigned 888-904
Li Linfu (-752), Tang politician, chancellor under Tang emperor Xuanzong 玄宗
Choy Li Fut (Chinese martial art)
Yi Seong-gye (1335-1408), founder and first king of Korean Yi dynasty (1392-1910)
Li Zhan, personal name of fourteenth Tang emperor Jingzong 敬宗 (809-827), reigned 825-827

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