MEANING/意义
    勒
      
  • lè(lēi)
      
    sound for pinyin sound for pinyin
      
      
    to coerce; to command; to inscribe; meter-candle; to tie or strap something tight; (lit.)  halter; to rein in (horse) ; (dialect)  to force or compel; (abb. unit of illumination)  lux
    Type noun/名词; quantifier/量词; verb/动词  
        
    lè
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    to coerce; to command; to inscribe; meter-candle; (lit.)  halter; to rein in (horse) ; (abb. unit of illumination)  lux
    Type noun/名词; quantifier/量词; verb/动词  
        
    lēi
      
    sound for pinyin sound for pinyin
      
      
    to tighten; to strangle; to tie or strap something tight; (dialect)  to force or compel
    Type verb/动词  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 勒紧裤腰带
      
      
    lēi jǐn kù yāo dài
      
    sound for pinyin
    tighten one's belts; (metaphorically)  save money from daily expenditure such as foods

  • 劫持某人勒取赎金
      
      
    jié chí mǒu rén lè qǔ shú jīn
      
    sound for pinyin
    hold sb. to ransom
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 勒碑
      
    lè bēi
      
    sound for pinyin
    to engrave on a stone tablet

  • 勒戒
      
    lè jiè
      
    sound for pinyin
    to force sb. to give up drug

  • 勒死
      
    lēi sǐ
      
    sound for pinyin
    to strangle

  • 勒索
      
    lè suǒ
      
    sound for pinyin
    extort; blackmail

  • 勒令
      
    lè lìng
      
    sound for pinyin
    force; order (by superiors) 

  • 勒掯
      
    lēi kèn
      
    sound for pinyin
    to force; to compel; (dialect)  to make things difficult for sb.

  • 勾勒
      
    gōu lè
      
    sound for pinyin
    to sketch; to outline; draw the outline of; give a brief account of

  • 罗勒
      
    luó lè
      
    sound for pinyin
    basil
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