罹 (lí) — (bound form, literary) to suffer, to encounter (disaster, illness, misfortune)
Definition
Literary bound verb meaning 'to suffer' (disaster, illness, or misfortune) — always paired with a noun like 难, 患, or 祸. Far more formal and written than everyday 受.
bound form
(bound form, literary) to sufferto encounter (disaster, illness, misfortune)
Easily confused
- 离lísound-aliketo leave; to part from
- 丽lísound-alikebeautiful (bound form, used in compounds)
- 梨lísound-alikepear
- 黎lísound-alike(bound form) black; dark
- 厘lísound-alike(measure word) 0.1% or one-thousandth of a unit; used for small fractions, interest rates, or differences
- 犁lísound-alike(noun) plow (farming implement)
Examples
- ，。Tā zài kōng nàn zhōng lí nàn, nián jǐn sān shí suì.He perished in the plane crash at only thirty years old.
- 罹，。Lǎo rén cháng qī lí huàn zhòng bìng, shēng huó shí fēn jiān nán.The old man has long suffered from a serious illness, making life very difficult.
- 罹，。Yīn bú shèn lí huò, gōng sī sǔn shī cǎn zhòng.Due to careless misfortune, the company suffered heavy losses.
Origin
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