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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)
laser cutting (abbr. for 雷射雕刻)
Lehman Brothers, investment bank
thunder
mirroring others / identical
HSK 7-9
thunderstorm
reggae (loanword) / also written 雷鬼
detonator / fuse
laser pointer (Tw)
apatosaurus / former name: brontosaurus
Quake (video game series)
thundershower
laser (loanword used in Taiwan) / also written 鐳射|镭射
Rex (name)
(loanword) radar
Reynolds number (ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces in fluid mechanics)
pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom); swift and decisive reaction
Taiwan equivalent of 里根
radar antenna
capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) / thunderbird (in native American mythology)
sound of thunder
Ray Romano (1957-), US actor and comedian
(Internet slang) shocking / appalling / terrifying / terrific
Reynolds (name) / Renault (French car company) / Reno, Nevada
(slang) poorly made TV drama (featuring absurd plots, terrible acting etc); a cringeworthy show (often so bad it's entertaining)
Raymond (name)
Riesling (grape type)
Reykjavik, capital of Iceland
Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology
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
Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake)
Raytheon Company, US defense contractor
Lehman or Leymann (name)
Reykjavik, capital of Iceland (Tw)
minefield (lit. and fig.)
Leizhou Peninsula
lightning strike / thunderbolt
Clark T. Randt Jr. (1945-), US ambassador to Beijing 2001-2009
Lei Feng (1940–1962), a soldier celebrated by the Chinese government from 1963 onward as a model of selflessness and devotion to the Communist Party
Rennes
Lexus / see also 凌志
Ciudad Real
Tyrannosaurus rex
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd / fig. to bully the weakest person / to pick on an easy target
Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake / formerly called lake Rezaiyeh
Regina (name) / Regina, city in Brazil
lit. loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom) / fig. a lot of talk, but no action
Renoir (name) / Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), French impressionist painter
real (Brazilian currency) (loanword)
lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action / his bark is worse than his bite
thunderstorm
thunder and lightning
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person / to pick on an easy target
Luilang, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
god of thunder (Chinese Leigong 雷公, Norse Thor 索爾|索尔, Greek Zeus 宙斯 etc)
Leibo, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, Sichuan
(slang) cop
Luilang, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
sound of thunder
(loanword) reggae
not shaken by thunder (idiom); the arrangements are unalterable / to adhere rigidly to regulations / will go ahead whatever happens (of an arrangement or plan)
thunder rolls
Leizhou, a county-level city in Zhanjiang City 湛江市, Guangdong
brontometer / apparatus to measure thunder and lightning
variant of 德國戰車|德国战车, Rammstein (German metal band)


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