勒威耶
Lè wēi yē
Pinyin

Definition

勒威耶
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Lè wēi yē
  1. Urbain Le Verrier (1811-1877), French mathematician and astronomer who predicted the position of Neptune

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

助威
zhù wēi
  1. 1 to cheer for
  2. 2 to encourage
  3. 3 to boost the morale of
夏威夷
Xià wēi yí
  1. 1 Hawaii, US state
威力
wēi lì
  1. 1 might
  2. 2 formidable power
威士忌
wēi shì jì
  1. 1 whiskey (loanword)
威尼斯
Wēi ní sī
  1. 1 Venice
  2. 2 Venezia
威武
wēi wǔ
  1. 1 might
  2. 2 formidable
威胁
wēi xié
  1. 1 to threaten
  2. 2 to menace
挪威
Nuó wēi
  1. 1 Norway
权威
quán wēi
  1. 1 authority
  2. 2 authoritative
  3. 3 power and prestige
耶
yē
  1. 1 (phonetic ye)
耶稣
Yē sū
  1. 1 Jesus
费德勒
Fèi dé lè
  1. 1 Roger Federer (1981-), Swiss tennis star
克莱斯勒
Kè lái sī lè
  1. 1 Chrysler
加勒比
Jiā lè bǐ
  1. 1 Caribbean
加勒比海
Jiā lè bǐ Hǎi
  1. 1 Caribbean Sea
勒
lè
  1. 1 to rein in
  2. 2 to compel
  3. 3 to force
  4. 4 to carve
  5. 5 to engrave
  6. 6 (literary) to command
  7. 7 to lead
  8. 8 bridle
  9. 9 (physics) abbr. for 勒克斯[lè kè sī], lux
勒令
lè lìng
  1. 1 to order
  2. 2 to force
勒死
lēi sǐ
  1. 1 to strangle
勒索
lè suǒ
  1. 1 to blackmail
  2. 2 to extort
勒紧
lēi jǐn
  1. 1 to tighten

Idioms (8)

作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
威福自己
wēi fú zì jǐ
  1. 1 to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)
威震天下
wēi zhèn tiān xià
  1. 1 to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
恩威兼施
ēn wēi jiān shī
  1. 1 to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
悬崖勒马
xuán yá lè mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to act in the nick of time
敲诈勒索
qiāo zhà lè suǒ
  1. 1 extortion and blackmail (idiom)
狐假虎威
hú jiǎ hǔ wēi
  1. 1 lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people
耀武扬威
yào wǔ yáng wēi
  1. 1 to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around
  2. 2 to bluff
  3. 3 to bluster

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