Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star
安克雷奇安克雷奇an1 ke4 lei2 qi2
Anchorage (city in Alaska)
爆雷爆雷bao4 lei2
(slang) to reveal a spoiler (Tw)
暴跳如雷暴跳如雷bao4 tiao4 ru2 lei2
stamp with fury; fly into a rage
贝雷帽貝雷帽bei4 lei2 mao4
beret (loanword)
避雷器避雷器bi4 lei2 qi4
lightning arrester
避雷针避雷針bi4 lei2 zhen1
lightning rod
不敢越雷池一步不敢越雷池一步bu4 gan3 yue4 lei2 chi2 yi1 bu4
dare not go one step beyond the prescribed limit
布雷佈雷bu4 lei2
to lay mines
布雷顿森林佈雷頓森林bu4 lei2 dun4 sen1 lin2
Bretton woods conference in 1944 of allied powers, regulating world exchange rates and setting up IMF and world bank
布雷舰佈雷艦bu4 lei2 jian4
minelayer (ship)
布雷斯特布雷斯特bu4 lei2 si1 te4
Brest, westernmost town in France
不越雷池不越雷池bu4 yue4 lei2 chi2
not overstepping the prescribed limits; to remain within bounds
查尔斯·格雷查爾斯·格雷cha2 er3 si1 - ge2 lei2
Charles Grey
沉雷沉雷chen2 lei2
deep growling thunder
打雷打雷da3 lei2
to rumble with thunder; clap of thunder
打闷雷打悶雷da3 men4 lei2
(coll.) to wonder secretly; to make wild conjectures
大发雷霆大發雷霆da4 fa1 lei2 ting2
to be furious; to fly into a terrible rage
德雷尔德雷爾de2 lei2 er3
Dreyer (name); June Teufel Dreyer, China expert at Univ. of Miami and Foreign Policy Research Institute
德雷福斯德雷福斯de2 lei2 fu2 si1
Dreyfus (name); Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French artillery officer of Alsatian and Jewish background, infamously imprisoned 1894 in miscarriage of justice
德雷福斯案件德雷福斯案件de2 lei2 fu2 si1 an4 jian4
Dreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving antisemitism and miscarriage of justice
德雷斯顿德雷斯頓de2 lei2 si1 dun4
Dresden, Germany
迪斯雷利迪斯雷利di2 si1 lei2 li4
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British conservative politician and novelist, prime minister 1868-1880
lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells; good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
活雷锋活雷鋒huo2 lei2 feng1
selfless model citizen, just like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋
伽利略·伽利雷伽利略·伽利雷jia1 li4 lve4 - jia1 li4 lei2
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist
惊雷驚雷jing1 lei2
sudden clap of thunder; fig. surprising turn of events
坎特伯雷坎特伯雷kan3 te4 bo2 lei2
Canterbury
坎特伯雷故事集坎特伯雷故事集kan3 te4 bo2 lei2 gu4 shi4 ji2
The Canterbury Tales, collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer 喬叟|乔叟
克雷伯氏菌属克雷伯氏菌屬ke4 lei2 bo2 shi4 jun1 shu3
Klebsiella
雷·罗马诺雷·羅馬諾lei2 - luo2 ma3 nuo4
Ray Romano (1957-), US actor and comedian
雷阿尔城雷阿爾城lei2 a1 er3 cheng2
Ciudad Real
雷暴雷暴lei2 bao4
thunderstorm
雷波雷波lei2 bo1
Leibo county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, south Sichuan
雷波县雷波縣lei2 bo1 xian4
Leibo county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, south Sichuan
雷达雷達lei2 da2
radar (loanword)
雷达天线雷達天線lei2 da2 tian1 xian4
radar antenna
雷打不动雷打不動lei2 da3 bu4 dong4
not shaken by thunder (idiom); the arrangements are unalterable; to adhere rigidly to regulations; will go ahead whatever happens (of an arrangement or plan)
雷大雨小雷大雨小lei2 da4 yu3 xiao3
lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action; his bark is worse than his bite
雷德雷德lei2 de2
Clark T. Randt Jr. (1945-), US ambassador to Beijing since 2001
雷电雷電lei2 dian4
thunder and lightning
雷电计雷電計lei2 dian4 ji4
brontometer; apparatus to measure thunder and lightning
雷电计图雷電計圖lei2 dian4 ji4 tu2
brontograph; record of thunder and lightning
雷恩雷恩lei2 en1
Rennes
雷锋雷鋒lei2 feng1
Lei Feng (1940-1962), made into a model of altruism and dedication to the Party by propaganda from 1963 onwards
雷峰塔雷峰塔lei2 feng1 ta3
Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake)
雷盖雷蓋lei2 gai4
reggae; also written 雷鬼
雷根雷根lei2 gen1
Reagan (name); Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), US president (1981-1989)
雷公雷公lei2 gong1
Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology
雷公打豆腐雷公打豆腐lei2 gong1 da3 dou4 fu5
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd; fig. to bully the weakest person; to pick on an easy target
Leishan county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
雷山县雷山縣lei2 shan1 xian4
Leishan county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
雷射雷射lei2 she4
laser (loanword used in Taiwan); also written 鐳射|镭射
雷神公司雷神公司lei2 shen2 gong1 si1
Raytheon Company, US defense contractor
雷神之锤雷神之錘lei2 shen2 zhi1 chui2
Quake (video game series)
雷声雷聲lei2 sheng1
thunder
雷声大,雨点小雷聲大,雨點小lei2 sheng1 da4 - yu3 dian3 xiao3
loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom); a lot of talk, but no action; action speaks louder than words; his bite is worse than his bark
雷司令雷司令lei2 si1 ling4
Riesling (grape type)
雷霆雷霆lei2 ting2
sound of thunder
雷同雷同lei2 tong2
mirroring others; identical
雷亚尔雷亞爾lei2 ya4 er3
real (Brazilian currency) (loanword)
雷雨雷雨lei2 yu3
thunderstorm
雷扎耶湖雷扎耶湖lei2 zha2 ye1 hu2
Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake; formerly called lake Rezaiyeh
雷阵雨雷陣雨lei2 zhen4 yu3
thunder shower
雷州雷州lei2 zhou1
Leizhou county level city in Zhanjiang 湛江, Guangdong
雷州半岛雷州半島lei2 zhou1 ban4 dao3
Leizhou Peninsula
雷州市雷州市lei2 zhou1 shi4
Leizhou county level city in Zhanjiang 湛江, Guangdong
雷子雷子lei2 zi5
(slang) cop
柳雷鸟柳雷鳥liu3 lei2 niao3
(bird species of China) willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
闷雷悶雷men4 lei2
muffled thunder; (fig.) sudden shock; blow
蒙特雷蒙特雷meng2 te4 lei2
Monterey
排雷排雷pai2 lei2
mine clearance
咆哮如雷咆哮如雷pao2 xiao4 ru2 lei2
to be in a thundering rage (idiom)
霹雷霹雷pi1 lei2
thunderbolt
漂雷漂雷piao1 lei2
floating mine
普雷克斯流程普雷克斯流程pu3 lei2 ke4 si1 liu2 cheng2
purex
普雷斯堡普雷斯堡pu3 lei2 si1 bao3
Pressburg (Slovakia)
普雷斯顿普雷斯頓pu3 lei2 si1 dun4
Preston, city in England
如雷贯耳如雷貫耳ru2 lei2 guan4 er3
lit. like thunder piercing the ear; a well-known reputation (idiom)
扫雷掃雷sao3 lei2
minesweeper (computer game)
扫雷舰掃雷艦sao3 lei2 jian4
minesweeper
扫雷艇掃雷艇sao3 lei2 ting3
minesweeper
手雷手雷shou3 lei2
grenade
水雷水雷shui3 lei2
naval mine
斯雷布雷尼察斯雷佈雷尼察si1 lei2 bu4 lei2 ni2 cha2
Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina
司徒雷登司徒雷登si1 tu2 lei2 deng1
John Leighton Stuart (1876-1962), second-generation American missionary in China, first President of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China
苏克雷蘇克雷su1 ke4 lei2
Sucre, constitutional capital of Bolivia
坦佩雷坦佩雷tan3 pei4 lei2
Tampere (Swedish Tammerfors), Finland's second city
探雷探雷tan4 lei2
to detect mines; mine detection
探雷人员探雷人員tan4 lei2 ren2 yuan2
mine detector (employee)
特雷莎特雷莎te4 lei2 sha1
Teresa; Theresa (name)
特雷沃特雷沃te4 lei2 wo4
Trevor (name)
图阿雷格圖阿雷格tu2 a1 lei2 ge2
Tuareg (nomadic people of the Sahara)
图雷特氏综合症圖雷特氏綜合症tu2 lei2 te4 shi4 zong1 he2 zheng4
Tourette syndrome
韦尔弗雷兹韋爾弗雷茲wei2 er3 fu2 lei2 zi1
(George) Wehrfritz (Beijing bureau chief of Newsweek)
希蒙·佩雷斯希蒙·佩雷斯xi1 meng3 - pei4 lei2 si1
Shimon Peres, ninth president of Israel
响雷響雷xiang3 lei2
to be thundering; thunder clap
迅雷迅雷xun4 lei2
thunderbolt
岩雷鸟岩雷鳥yan2 lei2 niao3
(bird species of China) rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
异频雷达收发机異頻雷達收發機yi4 pin2 lei2 da2 shou1 fa1 ji1
transponder; electronic device that responds to a radio code
鱼雷魚雷yu2 lei2
torpedo
鱼雷艇魚雷艇yu2 lei2 ting3
torpedo boat
炸雷炸雷zha4 lei2
thunderclap
张太雷張太雷zhang1 tai4 lei2
Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party