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蓝色lán sèblue (color)浪làngwave; breaker 浪费làng fèito waste; to squander 老lǎoold (of people); venerable; always; very 老百姓lǎo bǎi xìngordinary people; the "person in the street"老板lǎo bǎnboss; business proprietor 老年lǎo niánelderly; old age 老朋友lǎo péng youold friend; (slang) period 老人lǎo rénold man or woman; the elderly 老师lǎo shīteacher 老是lǎo shialways 老太太lǎo tài taielderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother 老头儿lǎo tóu rsee 老头子 (lǎotóuzi)乐lèhappy; cheerful 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)乐观lè guānoptimistic; hopeful 雷léithunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷 (dìléi) land mine 类lèikind; type 累lèitired; weary 类似lèi sìsimilar; analogous 冷lěngcold 礼lǐgift; rite 李lǐplum 里lǐlining; interior 理lǐtexture; grain (of wood)力lìpower; force 历lìcalendar 立lìto stand; to set up 丽lìbeautiful 利lìsharp; favorable 例lìexample; precedent 里边lǐ bianinside 理发lǐ fàto get a haircut; to have one's hair done; to cut (sb's) hair; to give (sb) a haircut 离婚lí hūnto divorce 理解lǐ jiěto comprehend; to understand 离开lí kāito depart; to leave 立刻lì kèforthwith; immediate 力量lì liangpower; force; strength 理论lǐ lùntheory; to argue 里面lǐ miàninside; interior 例如lì rúfor example; for instance; such as 里头lǐ touinside; interior 礼物lǐ wùgift; present 理想lǐ xiǎngan ideal; a dream 利用lì yòngto exploit; to make use of 理由lǐ yóureason; grounds 例子lì zicase; (for) instance 连liánto link; to join 联lián(bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join; (bound form) (poetry) antithetical couplet 脸liǎnface 练liànto practice; to train 炼liànto refine; to smelt 联合lián héto combine; to join 联合国Lián hé guóUnited Nations 连忙lián mángpromptly; at once 联系lián xìconnection; contact 练习liàn xíto practice; exercise 连续lián xùcontinuous; in a row 连续剧lián xù jùserialized drama; dramatic series 凉liángcool; cold