雷峰塔
Léi fēng Tǎ
Pinyin

Definition

雷峰塔
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Léi fēng Tǎ
  1. Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake)

Related Words (20)

塔
tǎ
  1. 1 pagoda
  2. 2 tower
  3. 3 minaret
  4. 4 stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo)
  5. 5 CL:座[zuò]
峰
fēng
  1. 1 old variant of 峰[fēng]
巅峰
diān fēng
  1. 1 summit
  2. 2 apex
  3. 3 pinnacle (of one's career etc)
  4. 4 peak (of a civilization etc)
迅雷
xùn léi
  1. 1 thunderbolt
金字塔
jīn zì tǎ
  1. 1 pyramid (building or structure)
雷
Léi
  1. 1 surname Lei
雷锋
Léi Fēng
  1. 1 Lei Feng (1940-1962), made into a model of altruism and dedication to the Party by propaganda from 1963 onwards
高峰
gāo fēng
  1. 1 peak
  2. 2 summit
  3. 3 height
主峰
zhǔ fēng
  1. 1 main peak (of a mountain range)
佛塔
fó tǎ
  1. 1 pagoda
卡塔尔
Kǎ tǎ ěr
  1. 1 Qatar
哈姆雷特
Hā mǔ léi tè
  1. 1 Hamlet (name)
  2. 2 the Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark c. 1601 by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
地雷
dì léi
  1. 1 landmine
  2. 2 CL:顆|颗[kē]
  3. 3 (fig.) sore point
  4. 4 weak spot
塔利班
Tǎ lì bān
  1. 1 Taliban (Farsi: student), Afghan guerrilla faction
塔吊
tǎ diào
  1. 1 tower crane
塔城
Tǎ chéng
  1. 1 Tarbaghatay or Tacheng city in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Tǎ chéng dì qū], Xinjiang
塔尖
tǎ jiān
  1. 1 spire
  2. 2 peak of a pagoda
塔楼
tǎ lóu
  1. 1 tower (of building)
塔罗
tǎ luó
  1. 1 tarot (loanword)
大发雷霆
dà fā léi tíng
  1. 1 to be furious
  2. 2 to fly into a terrible rage

Idioms (11)

干打雷，不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
  1. 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
  2. 2 a lot of noise but no action
咆哮如雷
páo xiào rú léi
  1. 1 to be in a thundering rage (idiom)
如雷贯耳
rú léi guàn ěr
  1. 1 lit. like thunder piercing the ear
  2. 2 a well-known reputation (idiom)
峰回路转
fēng huí lù zhuǎn
  1. 1 the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom)
  2. 2 (of a mountain road) twisting and turning
  3. 3 fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly
  4. 4 things have taken a new turn
掌声雷动
zhǎng shēng léi dòng
  1. 1 thunderous applause (idiom)
民变峰起
mín biàn fēng qǐ
  1. 1 seething discontent (idiom); widespread popular grievances
聚沙成塔
jù shā chéng tǎ
  1. 1 sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity
  2. 2 many a mickle makes a muckle
雷厉风行
léi lì fēng xíng
  1. 1 pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom); swift and decisive reaction
雷打不动
léi dǎ bù dòng
  1. 1 not shaken by thunder (idiom); the arrangements are unalterable
  2. 2 to adhere rigidly to regulations
  3. 3 will go ahead whatever happens (of an arrangement or plan)
雷声大，雨点小
léi shēng dà , yǔ diǎn xiǎo
  1. 1 loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom); a lot of talk, but no action
  2. 2 action speaks louder than words
  3. 3 his bite is worse than his bark
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣
huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng
  1. 1 lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
  2. 2 good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)

Sample Sentences

白素贞触犯了天条。一生下孩子，法海就把她收服，镇压在雷峰塔下。许仙非常难过，也出家了。
Bái Sùzhēn chùfàn le tiāntiáo 。yī shēngxià háizi ，Fǎhǎi jiù bǎ tā shōufú ，zhènyā zài Léifēng tǎ xià 。Xǔ Xiān fēicháng nánguò ，yě chūjiā le 。
Bai Suzhen had committed a crime against the gods. As soon as her child was born, Fa Hai subdued Bai Suzhen and imprisoned her in Leifeng Tower. Xu Xian was extremely sad and became a monk.
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二十年后，许仙和白素贞的儿子考中状元，到塔前祭母，孝心感动了天庭，白素贞被放出了雷峰塔，一家人终于团聚了。
èrshí nián hòu ，XǔXiān hé Bái Sùzhēn de érzi kǎozhòngzhuàngyuán ，dào tǎ qián jì mǔ ，xiàoxīn gǎndòng le tiāntíng ，Bái Sùzhēn bèi fàngchū le Léifēngtǎ ，yījiārén zhōngyú tuánjù le 。
Twenty years later, Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen's son received the highest mark on the imperial examination and went to the tower to make a sacrifice for his mother. His filial piety moved the gods, and Bai Suzhen was released from Leifeng Tower. The family was finally reunited.
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