历 lì — experience; history; past course; annals

历

Level 1 · Common HSK 3 #95

Traditional: 曆 歷 Variant: 厤 歴 𠪱

lì li4

Basic definition

noun
  1. experience; history; past course; annals e.g 经历来历阅历学历
  2. calendar; almanac; chronology e.g 日历历法农历公历
adjective
  1. past; previous; successive; bygone e.g 历史历代历届
verb
  1. to go through; to experience; to undergo; to pass through e.g 历程历尽历年

Detailed explanation

verb
  1. (形声。从謪,厤( lì)声。从“止”,表示与脚、行走有关。本义:经过)
  2. go through;experience;undergo e.g 历时 身历 · 历劫 · 历岁 · 历载 · 历远 · 历纪
  3. travel through e.g 历聘 · 历国 · 历行 · 历块 · 历说
  4. surpass e.g 历位 · 历阶 · 历涉
  5. take charge of e.g 历仕 · 历官
  6. select
  7. reveal
  8. examine e.g 历物 · 历家
  9. offend
adverb
  1. all over e.g 历心 · 历行 · 历问 · 历阅
  2. one by one
  3. 又历历可听;历历在目
adjective
  1. clear
  2. 稀疏 e.g 历齿
noun
  1. calendar
  2. almanac e.g 航海历
  3. order
  4. all previous e.g 历世 历叶 · 历稔
  5. cauldron used in ancient China;tripot
  6. manger

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