垒 (壘)
lěi
Pinyin
Definition
垒 (壘)
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- rampart
- base (in baseball)
- to build with stones, bricks etc
Character Decomposition
Idioms (2)
壁垒一新
- 1 to have one's defenses in good order (idiom)
燕子衔泥垒大窝
- 1 the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom)
- 2 many a little makes a mickle
Sample Sentences
特朗普声称,两国贸易不平衡“大到难以置信”,美方将谈判削减对日贸易逆差并消除贸易壁垒。
Trump claims that the trade imbalance between the two countries is "unbelievable" and the US will negotiate to cut the trade deficit with Japan and eliminate trade barriers.
因为墨索里尼在《德意同盟条约》签定后不久,评价说‘柏林和罗马的垂直线不是壁垒,而是轴心’。
Soon after Mussolini signed a German-Italy treaty, he declared that "this vertical line between Rome and Berlin is not a dividing-line, but rather an axis."
自古以来,中国人往往用军营的秩序来观察一支军队的战备能力,古有细柳营今有朱日和同样壁垒森严,同样卧虎藏龙
From ancient times, Chinese people have used the order of battle camps to observe a troops readiness for battle. As in the olden days there was the Xiliu Camp, now there is Zhurihe, both strongly fortified, both conceal hidden talents.
大江东去,浪淘尽,千古风流人物。故垒西边,人道是,三国周郎赤壁。乱石崩云,惊涛裂岸,卷起千堆雪。江山如画,一时多少豪杰。
The vast Yangtze gushes endlessly eastwards, who knows how many heroes have been dashed away by its flow. Westwards of the old camp, people say are the red cliffs were Zhou Yu defeated Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms Period. There, the ragged cliffs tower into the clouds, the terrifying waves seem to want to tear at the river banks, stirring up snow-white surf in the tens of thousands. The beautiful rivers and mountains are like a painting; but how many heroic figures have been born amid them?
你打过本垒打吗?
Can you hit home runs?
一垒手。
First base.