Usage of the character 呂
lü
吕
[呂]
- pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
Lü
吕
[呂]
- surname Lü
Lü Bù
吕布
[呂布]
- Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord
Lü Yán
吕岩
[呂岩]
- Lü Yan (lived c. 874), Tang dynasty poet
Lü Méng
吕蒙
[呂蒙]
- Lü Meng (178-219), general of the southern state of Wu
lülü
律吕
[律呂]
- tuning; temperament
Lüliáng
吕梁
[呂梁]
- Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西
Lülǎn
吕览
[呂覽]
- "Mr Lü's Annals", same as 呂氏春秋／吕氏春秋 ( Lüshì Chūnqiū)
Lü Wàng
吕望
[呂望]
- see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙 ( Jiāng Zǐyá)
Lü Bùwéi
吕不韦
[呂不韋]
- Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國／秦国 ( Qínguó), subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代 ( Qíndài) Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政 ( Yíng Zhèng), who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 ( Qín Shǐhuáng)
Lüliángshì
吕梁市
[呂梁市]
- Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西
Lü Jiāmín
吕嘉民
[呂嘉民]
- Lü Jiamin (1946-) aka Jiang Rong 姜戎 ( Jiāng Róng), Chinese writer
Lübèikè
吕贝克
[呂貝克]
- Lübeck, Germany
Lü Chúnyáng
吕纯阳
[呂純陽]
- see 呂洞賓／吕洞宾 ( Lü Dòngbīn)
Lü Dòngbīn
吕洞宾
[呂洞賓]
- Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 ( Bāxiān)
Lüsòng Dǎo
吕宋岛
[呂宋島]
- Luzon Island, north Philippines
lübùjǐ
吕布戟
[呂布戟]
- snake halberd
Lüshì Chūnqiū
吕氏春秋
[呂氏春秋]
- lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家／诸子百家 (zhūzǐbǎijiā), compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代 ( Qíndài) Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋／吕不韦 ( Lü Bùwéi)
Lüsòng Hǎixiá
吕宋海峡
[呂宋海峽]
- Luzon Strait between Taiwan and Luzon Island (Philippines)
Zébùlühè
泽布吕赫
[澤布呂赫]
- Zeebrugge (port city in Belgium)
Sà'ěrbùlükěn
萨尔布吕肯
[薩爾布呂肯]
- Saarbrücken, capital of Saarland, Germany
Lüsāi'ěrsīhǎimǔ
吕塞尔斯海姆
[呂塞爾斯海姆]
- Rüsselsheim, city in Germany
gǒuyǎo Lü Dòngbīn,bùshíhǎorénxīn
狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心
[狗咬呂洞賓，不識好人心]
- a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom)
- to ill reward a person's kindness