李
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- 1. plum
Words Containing 李
luggage
suitcase
Sir Tim Berners-Lee (1955-), British computer scientist and co-creator of the World Wide Web
\Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang\, military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖[lǐ jìng] and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū]
Li Bai 李白[lǐ bái] and Du Fu 杜甫[dù fǔ]
damson (fruit)
Zhang the Third and Li the Fourth (idiom)
four proverbial names
lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head
lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors
anyone
luggage that has been checked in (on flight)
toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor
baggage carousel
Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗[táng tài zōng] (599-649), reigned 626-649
Li Yapeng (1971-), PRC actor
Li Heng, personal name of eighth Tang emperor Suzong 肅宗|肃宗[sù zōng] (711-762), reigned 756-762
Lie algebra (math.)
lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree
Li Boyuan or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉 (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官場現形記|官场现形记
Li Jun, fictional character from 水滸傳|水浒传[shuǐ hǔ zhuàn]
Danny Lee Sau-Yin (1953-), Hong Kong actor and director
Li Xuan, personal name of nineteenth Tang emperor Xizong 僖宗[xī zhōng] (862-888), reigned 873-888
Li Yuanhao (1003-1048), founding king of Xixia 西夏[xī xià] around modern Ningxia 寧夏|宁夏[níng xià]
Li Xiannian (1909-1992), PRC general and politician
Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015), founding father of modern Singapore, prime minister 1959-1990
Li Keqiang (1955-), PRC politician, prime minister from 2013
Li Gongpu (-1946), communist killed by Guomindang in Kunming in 1946
Li Bing (c. 3rd century BC) hydraulic engineer who designed the Dujiangyan 都江堰[dū jiāng yàn] irrigation system in Sichuan
Li Bingbing (1973-), PRC film actress and pop star
Li Jilan 李季蘭|李季兰[lǐ jì lán] or Li Ye (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet
Li Jieren (1891-1962), novelist
Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), political activist and founding member of the German Socialist Party SPD
Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[xīn wén huà yùn dòng] after the Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[xīn hài gé mìng] of 1911
Li Zhe, personal name of fourth Tang Emperor Zhongzong 唐中宗[táng zhōng zōng] (656-710), reigned 705-710
Li Shangyin (c. 813-858), Tang poet
Michele Monique Reis (1970-) actress, model and former Miss Hong Kong & Miss Chinese International
Sir Li Ka-shing (1928-), Hong Kong businessman
Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 張三|张三[zhāng sān], 李四, 王五[wáng wǔ] Tom, Dick and Harry
Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese-trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration
Brandon Lee (1965-1993), American actor, son of Bruce Lee
Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and founding member of the communist party
the pagoda bearing god
Li Tianlu (1910-1998), Taiwanese master puppeteer
Tale of Courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行簡|白行简[bái xíng jiǎn] along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot
Li Na (1982-), Chinese tennis player, first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title (2011 French Open women's singles)
plum
Li Jilan or Li Ye 李冶[lǐ yě] (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet
Li Yuchun aka Chris Lee (1984-), Chinese pop singer
Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍|卧虎藏龙 and Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山)
Li Zongren (1891-1969), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction
Jonathan Lee (1958-), Taiwanese record producer and songwriter
Li Fuchun (1900-1975), communist politician
Li Boyuan 李伯元 or Li Baojia (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官場現形記|官场现形记
Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert
Li Lanqing (1932-), PRC politician
Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飛將軍|飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴
Li Yanshou (fl. 650), compiler of History of the Southern 南史 and Northern Dynasties 北史
Li Jiancheng (589-626), eldest son of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 唐高祖李淵|唐高祖李渊, murdered by his brother 李世民 in the Xuanwu Gate coup 玄武門之變|玄武门之变
Robin Li (1968-), founder and CEO of Baidu 百度, a PRC Internet company
Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet
Otto Braun (1900-1974), Comintern adviser to the Chinese communist party 1932-1939
Li Delin (530-590), historian of Northern Wei and Sui dynasty
Li Chen, personal name of seventeenth Tang emperor Xuanzong 宣宗[xuān zōng] (810-859), reigned 846-859
Li Heng, personal name of thirteenth Tang emperor Muzong 穆宗[mù zōng] (795-824), reigned 821-825
Li Kui (455-395 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of Wei state 魏國|魏国[wèi guó]
Li Huaiyuan (-756), senior Tang dynasty official
Yi Seong-gye (1335-1408), founder and first king of Korean Yi dynasty (1392-1910)
Li Chengjiang (1979-), Chinese figure skater
Syngman Rhee (1875-1965), US-trained Korean politician and dictator, president of Republic of Korea 1948-1960
Li Zhenfan (1940-1973), real name of the actor Bruce Lee 李小龍|李小龙[lǐ xiǎo lóng]
Tsung-Dao Lee (1926-), Chinese American physicist, Columbia University, 1957 Nobel laureate
Li Minyong (1947-), Taiwanese poet
Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC
Ferenc (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer
listeria bacillus
listeria bacillus
Listeria monocytogene
Li Dan, personal name of sixth Tang emperor Ruizong 唐睿宗[táng ruì zōng] (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712
Li Ang, personal name of fifteenth Tang emperor Wenzong 文宗[wén zōng] (809-840), reigned 827-840
Li Fang (925-996), scholar between Tang and Song dynasties, author of fictional history
Lee Chang-ho (1975-), South Korean Go player
Lee Myung-bak (1941-), South Korean businessman, one-time chairman of Hyundai, president of South Korea 2008-2013
Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of Medical Herbs 本草綱目|本草纲目[běn cǎo gāng mù]
Li Ye, personal name of twentieth Tang emperor Zhaozong 昭宗[zhāo zōng] (867-904), reigned 888-904
Lee Hoi-chang (1935-), South Korean politician
Li Chaowei (c. 766-c. 820), Tang writer of fantasy fiction 傳奇|传奇, author of 柳毅傳|柳毅传
blackthorn
Li Linfu (-752), Tang politician, chancellor under Tang emperor Xuanzong 玄宗
Li Gefei (active c. 1090), Northern Song writer and father of southern Song female poet Li Qingzhao 李清照
plum tree
the Korean Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910)
Joseon, last Korean dynasty (1392-1910)
Li Ruzhen (c. 1763-c. 1830), Qing novelist and phonologist, author of fantasy novel Jinghua Yuan 鏡花緣|镜花缘 or Flowers in the Mirror
Li Zhi, personal name of third Tang emperor Gaozong 唐高宗[táng gāo zōng], (628-683), reigned 649-683
Li Hongzhi (1951-), founder of Falun Gong 法輪功|法轮功[fǎ lún gōng]
Li Yuan, personal name of first Tang emperor Gaozu 唐高祖[táng gāo zǔ] (566-635), reigned 618-626
Li Qingzhao (1084-c. 1151), southern Song female poet
Li Zhan, personal name of fourteenth Tang emperor Jingzong 敬宗[jìng zōng] (809-827), reigned 825-827
Li Yuanchao (1950-), vice president of PRC from 2013-2018
Licang district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong
Licang district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong
Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist
Li Cui, personal name of eighteenth Tang emperor Yizong 懿宗[yì zōng] (833-873), reigned 859-873
Richard Li (1966-), Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist
Li Chan, personal name of sixteenth Tang Emperor Wuzong 武宗[wǔ zōng] (814-846), reigned 840-846
Li Yu (c. 937-978), given name of the final ruler of Tang of the Five Southern dynasties Li Houzhu 李後主|李后主, a renowned poet
King Lear, 1605 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
Coco Lee (1975-), pop singer, songwriter and actress
Li Ruihuan (1934-), former Chinese politician
Lee Teng-hui (1923-2020), Taiwanese politician, president of ROC 1988-2000
Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet
Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齊書|北齐书
Li Zhifu (c. 14th century), Yuan dynasty playwright in the 雜劇|杂剧[zá jù] style
Lizhu, personal name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Aidi 哀帝[āi dì] (892-908), reigned 904-907
Joseph Needham (1900-1995), British biochemist and author of Science and Civilization in China
Li Chun, personal name of twelfth Tang emperor Xianzong 憲宗|宪宗[xiàn zōng] (778-820), reigned 805-820
Li Lüyuan (1707-1790), Qing dynasty writer, author of novel Lamp in the Side Street 岐路燈|岐路灯[qí lù dēng]
Titus Livius or Livy (59 BC-17 AD), Roman historian
Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009), French social anthropologist
Levi's (brand)
Li Ying (1963-), Japanese-educated Chinese documentary film director
Lie group (math.)
Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[hán yù] in promoting classical writing 古文運動|古文运动[gǔ wén yùn dòng]
Lao Zi
Li Zhaoxing (1940-), former PRC foreign minister
Li Zhao (c. 800), Tang dynasty scholar and official
Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty
Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders
Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists
Li Wei Gong
Euna Li, US-Korean woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009
Li Song, personal name of eleventh Tang emperor Shunzong 順宗|顺宗[shùn zōng] (761-806), reigned 805-806
Li Yu, personal name of ninth Tang emperor Taizong 代宗[tài zōng] (727-779), reigned 762-779
Li He (790-816), Tang poet
Li Zhi (1527-1602), late Ming philosopher, historian and writer
Li Kuo, personal name of tenth Tang emperor Dezong 德宗[dé zōng], (742-805), reigned 779-805
Li Lianjie or Jet Li (1963-), martial arts sportsman, subsequently film star and director
Li Kui, character in the novel Water Margin 水滸全傳|水浒全传[shuǐ hǔ quán zhuàn]
Yuan T. Lee (1936-), Taiwanese-born Chemist and Nobel Prize winner in 1986
Li Chongmao, personal name of fifth Tang emperor Shang 唐殤帝|唐殇帝[táng shāng dì] (c. 695-715), reigned 710
Li Tie (1977-), footballer
Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[bā xiān] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine
Li Changchun (1944-), PRC politician
Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009
Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal
personal name of seventh Tang emperor Xuanzong 唐玄宗[táng xuán zōng] (685-762), reigned 712-756
Li Xuejian (1954-), Chinese actor
Euna Lee (phonetic transcription), US woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009
Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and purported author of \Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang\ 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对[táng tài zōng lǐ wèi gōng wèn duì], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū]
Lee Hsien Loong (1952-), Singapore PAP politician, eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀[lǐ guāng yào], prime minister from 2004
false hero (who pretends to be 李逵[lǐ kuí]); a fake
Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
chop suey (American Chinese dish)
Li Peng (1928-2019), leading PRC politician, prime minister 1987-1998, reportedly leader of the conservative faction advocating the June 1989 Tiananmen clampdown
Lee Lai-Shan (1970-), former windsurfing world champion from Hong Kong
ancient place in modern day Zhejiang Province
lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
lit. beautiful as peach and prune
Cai Li Fo, Choy Li Fut, Choy Lay Fut, Choi Lei Fut, Choy Lai Fut, Choy Ley Fut, Choi Lei Faht, Tsai Li Fo, Choi Leih Faht - Martial Art
luggage conveyor belt; baggage carousel
porter
luggage office
baggage handler
luggage rack
baggage tag
travel bag
see 李鐵拐|李铁拐[lǐ tiě guǎi]