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垒

lěi · lei

Traditional 壘

Meaning

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  1. rampart
  2. base (in baseball)
  3. to build with stones, bricks etc
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A house for a snail

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)在(zài)做(zuò)什么(shénme)？

    What are you doing?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)在(zài)用(yòng)石头(shítou)垒(lěi)一个(yīgè)小(xiǎo)房子(fángzi)，给(gěi)蜗牛(wōniú)住(zhù)。

    I am stacking stones to build a little house for a snail to live in.

  3. Dengdeng

    垒(lěi)房子(fángzi)？石头(shítou)不会(bùhuì)倒(dǎo)吗(ma)？

    Building a house? Will the stones not fall?

  4. Liangliang

    不会(bùhuì)，你(nǐ)看(kàn)，我(wǒ)垒(lěi)得(de)很(hěn)稳(wěn)。

    No, look, I stack them very steadily.

  5. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)蜗牛(wōniú)已经(yǐjīng)走(zǒu)了(le)。

    But the snail has already left.

  6. Liangliang

    没关系(méiguānxi)，那(nà)我(wǒ)再(zài)垒(lěi)一个(yīgè)大(dà)的(de)，自己(zìjǐ)住(zhù)。

    No problem. Then I will build a big one and live in it myself.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

孩(hái)子(zi)们(men)在(zài)沙(shā)滩(tān)上(shàng)用(yòng)湿(shī)沙(shā)子(zi)垒(lěi)了(le)一(yí)座(zuò)城(chéng)堡(bǎo)。

The children built a castle out of wet sand on the beach.

02

他(tā)跑(pǎo)回(huí)本(běn)垒(lěi)，为(wèi)球(qiú)队(duì)拿(ná)下(xià)一(yì)分(fēn)。

He ran back to home base and scored a point for the team.

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