雷峰塔
Léi fēng Tǎ
Pinyin

Definition

雷峰塔
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Léi fēng Tǎ
  1. Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

塔
tǎ
  1. 1 pagoda
  2. 2 tower
  3. 3 minaret
  4. 4 stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo)
  5. 5 classifier: 座 zuò
峰
fēng
  1. 1 old variant of 峰[fēng]
巅峰
diān fēng
  1. 1 summit
  2. 2 apex
  3. 3 pinnacle (of one's career etc)
  4. 4 peak (of a civilization etc)
迅雷
xùn léi
  1. 1 thunderbolt
金字塔
jīn zì tǎ
  1. 1 pyramid (building or structure)

Idioms (11)

干打雷，不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
  1. 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
  2. 2 a lot of noise but no action
咆哮如雷
páo xiào rú léi
  1. 1 to be in a thundering rage (idiom)
如雷贯耳
rú léi guàn ěr
  1. 1 lit. like thunder piercing the ear
  2. 2 a well-known reputation (idiom)
峰回路转
fēng huí lù zhuǎn
  1. 1 the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom)
  2. 2 (of a mountain road) twisting and turning
  3. 3 fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly
  4. 4 things have taken a new turn
掌声雷动
zhǎng shēng léi dòng
  1. 1 thunderous applause (idiom)

Sample Sentences

白素贞触犯了天条。一生下孩子，法海就把她收服，镇压在雷峰塔下。许仙非常难过，也出家了。
Bái Sùzhēn chùfàn le tiāntiáo 。yī shēngxià háizi ，Fǎhǎi jiù bǎ tā shōufú ，zhènyā zài Léifēng tǎ xià 。Xǔ Xiān fēicháng nánguò ，yě chūjiā le 。
Bai Suzhen had committed a crime against the gods. As soon as her child was born, Fa Hai subdued Bai Suzhen and imprisoned her in Leifeng Tower. Xu Xian was extremely sad and became a monk.
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二十年后，许仙和白素贞的儿子考中状元，到塔前祭母，孝心感动了天庭，白素贞被放出了雷峰塔，一家人终于团聚了。
èrshí nián hòu ，XǔXiān hé Bái Sùzhēn de érzi kǎozhòngzhuàngyuán ，dào tǎ qián jì mǔ ，xiàoxīn gǎndòng le tiāntíng ，Bái Sùzhēn bèi fàngchū le Léifēngtǎ ，yījiārén zhōngyú tuánjù le 。
Twenty years later, Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen's son received the highest mark on the imperial examination and went to the tower to make a sacrifice for his mother. His filial piety moved the gods, and Bai Suzhen was released from Leifeng Tower. The family was finally reunited.
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