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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[lì]
  1. 1. verb [站] stand
  2. 2. verb [竖立] stand … up
    请把竹竿在角落里。
    Please stand the bamboo pole in the corner.
  3. 3. verb [建立]
    make contributions
  4. 4. verb [制定] set … up
    legislate
  5. 5. verb [存在] exist
    stand on one's own two feet
  6. 6. adjective upright
    wardrobe
  7. 7. adverb immediately

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[lì]
  1. 1. verb stand
    他在那儿了半天了。
    He has stood there for quite a while.
  2. 2. verb set or stand something up; erect
    别横着放,着放。
    Don't lay it down, stand it up.
    把梯子起来。
    Set up the ladder.
    set up (or erect) a monument
  3. 3. verb establish; found; set up
    这是谁的规矩?
    Who established this rule?
    标兵
    make sb. the pacesetter; set up a model; set a good example
  4. 4. verb draw up; conclude
    合同
    conclude (or sign) a contract
    章程
    draw up rules and regulations
    遗嘱
    make a will
  5. 5. adjective upright; vertical; erect
    clothes closet; wardrobe; hanging cupboard
  6. 6. adverb immediately; instantaneously
    见功效
    produce immediate results; feel the effect immediately

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[lì]
  1. 1. 直着身子,两脚着地或踩在物体上;物体垂直地放着
    不安
    门前着一根旗杆
    鸡群
  2. 2. 使直;竖起
    把旗杆起来
    横眉目。
  3. 3. ;设
    在上海个分号
    成家
  4. 4. ;制定
    个合同
    字据
    法。
  5. 5.
    柜。
  6. 6. 生存;存在
    自主
    势不两
  7. 7. 旧指君主即位
    桓公
    君。
  8. 8. 旧指确某种地位或名分
    太子
    嗣。
  9. 9. 即刻;马上
    当机
    见功效。

Examples

一块碑纪念死者
put up a tablet (or erect a monument) in memory of the dead
了大功
have performed exceptionally meritorious services
年近而
be nearly thirty
儿子了功,我这做娘的脸上也好看。
My son has won distinction; as his mother, I share the honour.
别横着放,着放。
Don't lay it down, stand it up.
这是谁的规矩?
Who established this rule?
合同
conclude (or sign) a contract

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