| 累 | 622A35 41.01 | 部居  | 畫數 11 | ㄌㄟˇ [lei3] (in sense of ‘accumulation'); *ㄌㄟˋ [lei4] (in sense of ‘cause trouble,' ‘implicate,' ‘fatigue'); *ㄌㄟˊ [lei2] | ||
| N. | (*[lei4]) Burden, responsibility: 室家之累 family burden; 重累 heavy responsibility. | |||||
| N. & v.t. | (1) (*[lei4]) Implicate, involve, -ment: 連累，帶累，受累，拖累 be implicated, get (s.o.) involved; 累及 [lei3ji2]↓; 受累，受人之累 be involved in (s.t., usu. unpleasant) by others. (2) (*[lei4]) Run into debt, indebtedness: 虧累 suffer financial losses; 私累 owe personal debts; 賠累 lose money in business. (3) V.t. & p.p., to tire out: 累死人 tires one out completely; 累病了 sick from overwork. (4) (*[lei2]) U.f. 縲, (AC) fasten, bind, put in chains: 係累其子弟 (AC) seize his children and throw them into prison. (5) Accumulate, lay (s.t.) on top of another: 勢如累卵 hazardous, precarious like a pile of eggs; 累積 [lei3ji1]↓; 累牆 lay bricks to build a wall; 累黍 [lei3shu3]↓. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Tired, tiring, wearisome, exhausted (*[lei4]): 勞累，累乏 tired out with too much exertion; 累極了，累死了 dead tired; 累的慌 tired and nervous. (2) Tiring, wearisome: 累活兒 [lei3huo2er0], 累人 [lei3ren2]↓. (3) (*[lei2]) Troublesome: 累贅 [lei3zhui0]↓; 累牘連篇 long and tedious writings. | |||||
| Adj. & adv. | (1) One on top of another, progressively: 累進 [lei3jin4]↓; 累月 [lei3yUe4]↓; 累日 [lei3ri4]↓; 累歲 [lei3sui4]↓; 累年 [lei3nian2]↓. (2) Repeated(ly), again and again: 累次 [lei3ci4]↓; 累累 [lei3lei3]↓; 累遷 [lei3qian1]↓; 累戰皆捷 one victory after another; 累著大功 score signal successes again and again; 累徵不起 repeatedly refuse to be drafted for official service; 累試不第 fail to pass the government examination year after year. | |||||
| Words | 1. 累遷 [lei3qian1], n., (1) (of residence) repeated removal; (2) (of officials) repeated promotions; (3) v.i., be repeatedly promoted. 2. 累代 [lei3dai4], adv., one generation after another, for generations. 3. 累堆 *[lei2dui1], adj., burdensome, troublesome, see [lei3zhui0]↓. 4. 累犯 [lei3fan4], v.i., (1) run foul of the law more than once; (2) commit repeated offenses. 5. 累活（兒） *[lei4huo2]([er0]), n., tiresome or laborious chores. 6. 累積 [lei3ji1], v.t., gradually accumulate. 7. 累計 [lei3ji4], n., total amount, sum total. 8. 累進 [lei3jin4], adj., progressive: 累進法 mathematical progression; 累進稅 progressive taxation. 9. 累及 *[lei4ji2], v.t., involve (others) in trouble: 累及無辜 make the innocent suffer. 10. 累贅 *[lei2zhui0]1, adj., tedious, repetitious (esp. speech). 11. 累墜 *[lei2zhui0]2, adj., ditto. 12. 累懇 *[lei4ken3], v.i., (coll.) please be so glad as to (also 累肯). 13. 累掯 *[lei4ken0], v.t., (coll.) force (s.o.) to do (s.t.); restrain (s.o.) from doing (s.t.). 14. 累累 [lei2lei3], adv., (1) oftentimes; (2) one after another. 15. 累利 [lei3li4], n., compound interest (also 複利). 16. 累年 [lei3nian2], adv., year after year, for years. 17. 累人 *[lei4ren2], adj., tiring: 抱這孩子真累人 holding the child in one's arms is so tiring. 18. 累日 [lei3ri4], adv., day after day, for days. 19. 累心 *[lei4xin1], adj., suffering from too much mental strain. 20. 累黍 [lei1shu3], n., a very small quantity: 不差累黍 (LL) no whit different, not an iota of difference. 21. 累世 [lei3shi4], adv., for generations. 22. 累事 *[lei4shi4], adj., overworked. 23. 累時 [lei3shi2], adj., standing the test of time, lasting. 24. 累歲 [lei3sui4], adv., year after year. 25. 累次 [lei3ci4], adv., repeatedly: 累次三番 again and again. 26. 累月 [lei3yUe4], adv., month after month: 累月經年 month after month and year after year. | |||||