吕

lǚ

Definitions

1. pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system

Words Containing 吕

• 吕不韦 lǚ bù wéi: Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[qín guó], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代[qín dài] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政[yíng zhèng], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[qín shǐ huáng]
• 吕嘉民 lǚ jiā mín: Lü Jiamin (1946-) aka Jiang Rong 姜戎[jiāng róng], Chinese writer
• 吕塞尔斯海姆 lǚ sāi ěr sī hǎi mǔ: Rüsselsheim, city in Germany
• 吕宋岛 lǚ sòng dǎo: Luzon Island, north Philippines
• 吕宋海峡 lǚ sòng hǎi xiá: Luzon Strait between Taiwan and Luzon Island (Philippines)
• 吕岩 lǚ yán: Lü Yan (lived c. 874), Tang dynasty poet
• 吕布 lǚ bù: Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord
• 吕布戟 lǚ bù jǐ: snake halberd
• 吕望 lǚ wàng: see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[jiāng zǐ yá]
• 吕梁 lǚ liáng: Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西
• 吕梁市 lǚ liáng shì: Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西
• 吕氏春秋 lǚ shì chūn qiū: lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhū zǐ bǎi jiā], compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代[qín dài] Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu:3 bù wéi]
• 吕洞宾 lǚ dòng bīn: Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[bā xiān]
• 吕纯阳 lǚ chún yáng: see 呂洞賓|吕洞宾[Lu:3 dòng bīn]
• 吕蒙 lǚ méng: Lü Meng (178-219), general of the southern state of Wu
• 吕览 lǚ lǎn: \Mr Lü's Annals\, same as 呂氏春秋|吕氏春秋[Lu:3 shì chūn qiū]
• 吕贝克 lǚ bèi kè: Lübeck, Germany
• 律吕 lǜ lǚ: tuning
• 泽布吕赫 zé bù lǚ hè: Zeebrugge (port city in Belgium)
• 狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心 gǒu yǎo lǚ dòng bīn , bù shí hǎo rén xīn: a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom)
• 萨尔布吕肯 sà ěr bù lǚ kěn: Saarbrücken, capital of Saarland, Germany