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  *樂* | 樂* | *樂
happy / cheerful / to laugh
HSK 3
band / pop group / CL:
HSK 3
optimistic; hopeful
HSK 3
delight; pleasure; joy
HSK 4
musical composition
HSK 6
musical instrument / CL:
HSK 7-9
paradise
HSK 7-9
to be willing to do sth / to be ready to do sth / to be happy to do sth / content / satisfied
HSK 7-9
Collection of Yuefu Songs and Ballads, compiled in the 11th century by Guo Maoqian 郭茂倩
Lotte (South Korean conglomerate)
carefree / happy-go-lucky / optimistic
Ledong Lizu autonomous county, Hainan
Le'an county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
Le'an county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
fun / pleasure / laughing matter
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *樂* | 樂* | *樂
surname Le
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *樂* | 樂* | *樂
surname Yue
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *樂* | 樂* | *樂
used in place names
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *樂* | 樂* | *樂
music
Leroy Merlin (PRC DIY chain)
indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom)
Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
a musical score / sheet music
band / orchestra
movement (of a symphony)
(loanword) lotto
Lay's (brand)
pleasure
to look favorably on sth / would be glad to see it happen
music circles / music world
happily / giddily
Leye county in Baise 百色, Guangxi
willing (to do sth) / to take pleasure in
happy place; paradise; haven
to take pleasure in sth (idiom)
willing to help others
Yueqing, county-level city in Wenzhou 溫州|温州, Zhejiang
musical note / tone
yuefu (Chinese style of lyric poetry)
Leshan, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
overjoyed (idiom); as pleased as punch
kind and charitable
extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!
Laoling, county-level city in Dezhou 德州, Shandong
Laoting county in Tangshan 唐山, Hebei
optimism
happy-go-lucky people / optimists
to burst with joy
to be content with what one is
tuning / temperament
(coll.) contented / happy
Leye county in Baise 百色, Guangxi
Leling, county-level city in Dezhou 德州, Shandong
Laoting county in Tangshan 唐山, Hebei
Lechang, county-level city in Shaoguan 韶關市|韶关市, Guangdong
Ledong Lizu autonomous county, Hainan
(idiom) one should not overindulge in pleasure
to enjoy sth and never tire of it (idiom)
Leping, county-level city in Jingdezhen 景德鎮市|景德镇市, Jiangxi
lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主 (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship
LOHAS (lifestyles of health and sustainability)
loafer shoes (loanword)
ecstatic; overjoyed
golden years (after the age of about 60)
Yueqing, county-level city in Wenzhou 溫州|温州, Zhejiang
Tesco, UK-based supermarket chain
to be pleased to see (a circumstance, occurrence etc); to look favorably on
Betty Loh Ti, Chinese actress
Happy sheep (group of five cartoon sheep), mascot of 2010 Guangzhou Asian games 廣州亞運會|广州亚运会
(slang) (pun on the Taiwan pr. of 垃圾)
Lego, Danish brand of plastic building blocks
Ritz (cracker brand)
Oxfam (Oxford Committee for Famine Relief)
musical phrase
musicologist
musician
musicality; feel for music
instrumental performer
to donate
Ledong Lizu autonomous county, Hainan
to be thrilled / (of sb's mouth) to form a grin
Lelang commandery (108 BC-313 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea
music theory
Lezhi county in Ziyang 資陽|资阳, Sichuan
Lezhi county in Ziyang 資陽|资阳, Sichuan
Luxor, city in Egypt (Cantonese transliteration)
to look favorably on sth / would be glad see it happen
music fan
to take delight in talking about sth / to find pleasure in following one's convictions
joyful / cheerful


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