lì

Traditional: 瀝

沥 (lì) is a Chinese word meaning “to drip; to strain or filter; a trickle”.

Meanings

  1. 1to drip
  2. 2to strain or filter
  3. 3a trickle

Related words

沥青asphalt呕心沥血lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom)剖肝沥胆(idiom) to be completely honest and sincere披肝沥胆lit. to open one's liver and drip gall (idiom); wholehearted loyalty沥干to drain沥水架dish rack沥青铀矿pitchblende (uranium ore)淅沥(onom.) patter of rain滴沥to drip (of rainwater)

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