Chinese Word: 砾 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

砾 (Trad.: 礫)

Pinyin: lì

English Definition: gravel; small stone

Chinese Definition:
①小石，碎石：砾石。砂砾。瓦砾。砾漠(地表几乎全为砾石所覆盖，没有土壤，植物稀少的地区)。

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 石

Pictophonetic:乐 indicates the sound; 石 (stone) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 石 [ shí ] stone, rock, mineral
- 乐 [ lè ] cheerful, happy, laughing; music

Similar Characters: 矸烁

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1		tā men 他们 yòng 用 cháng gùn 长棍 fān kāi 翻开 suì 碎 lì 砾， xún zhǎo 寻找 shī tǐ 尸体。 They poke at it with long sticks, looking for bodies.
2		hōng zhà 轰炸 zhī hòu 之后， dào chù 到处 dōu 都 shì 是 pò 破 wǎ 瓦 cán 残 lì 砾。 After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.
3		tā 他 biǎo shì 表示： “ dá ěr wén 达尔文 cóng méi 从没 jiàn guò 见过 zhè xiē 这些 jù 巨 lì 砾。 ” "Darwin never saw these boulders," he said.
4		nán měi 南美 hǎi àn 海岸 shàng 上 jù 巨 lì 砾 de 的 qí guài 奇怪 chū xiàn 出现 lìng 令 dá ěr wén 达尔文 kùn huò 困惑 bù yǐ 不已。 Charles Darwin was puzzled by the odd arrangement of boulders on the South American coast.
5		shéi 谁 zhī dào 知道 ne 呢， nǐ 你 kě néng 可能 shèn zhì 甚至 huì 会 zài 在 luàn shí 乱石 suì 碎 lì 砾 zhōng 中 zhǎo dào 找到 zuàn shí 钻石。 And who knows, you might even uncover a diamond in the rough.

1		tā men 他们 yòng 用 cháng gùn 长棍 fān kāi 翻开 suì 碎 lì 砾， xún zhǎo 寻找 shī tǐ 尸体。 They poke at it with long sticks, looking for bodies.
2		hōng zhà 轰炸 zhī hòu 之后， dào chù 到处 dōu 都 shì 是 pò 破 wǎ 瓦 cán 残 lì 砾。 After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.
3		tā 他 biǎo shì 表示： “ dá ěr wén 达尔文 cóng méi 从没 jiàn guò 见过 zhè xiē 这些 jù 巨 lì 砾。 ” "Darwin never saw these boulders," he said.
4		nán měi 南美 hǎi àn 海岸 shàng 上 jù 巨 lì 砾 de 的 qí guài 奇怪 chū xiàn 出现 lìng 令 dá ěr wén 达尔文 kùn huò 困惑 bù yǐ 不已。 Charles Darwin was puzzled by the odd arrangement of boulders on the South American coast.
5		shéi 谁 zhī dào 知道 ne 呢， nǐ 你 kě néng 可能 shèn zhì 甚至 huì 会 zài 在 luàn shí 乱石 suì 碎 lì 砾 zhōng 中 zhǎo dào 找到 zuàn shí 钻石。 And who knows, you might even uncover a diamond in the rough.