擂

léi · lèi

to pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat…

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 16

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Less common

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排才扬执

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Character Decomposition

擂=扌+雷

Etymology

hand

Meanings2 pronunciations

léi

to pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum); to bang on (a door)

(dialect) to scold

lèi

(bound form) platform for a martial art contest

Taiwan pr. léi

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Words with 擂 25 total

elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held · arena · ring擂台lèi tái to talk big · to boast吹擂chuī léi "leicha", a beverage or gruel made from tea leaves, roasted peanuts and herbs etc ground into a powder, traditionally consumed by Hakka people and in the north of Hunan province擂茶léi chá (old) to fight on the leitai · (fig.) to enter a contest打擂台dǎ lèi tái single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated)擂台赛lèi tái sài to make an exhibition of oneself · ostentation大吹大擂dà chuī dà léi to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat · to egg people on or to call them back擂鼓鸣金léi gǔ míng jīn to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)自吹自擂zì chuī zì léi

Idioms with 擂 6 total Chain

to make an exhibition of oneself · ostentation大吹大擂dà chuī dà léi to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat · to egg people on or to call them back擂鼓鸣金léi gǔ míng jīn to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)自吹自擂zì chuī zì léi

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