理

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texture; grain (in wood, skin, etc.), reason; logic; truth, natural science (esp. physics), manage; run, put in order; tidy up, (usually used in the negative) pay attention to; make a gesture or speak to

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manage; natural science; pay attention to; reason; texture; tidy up; truth

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manage; natural science; pay attention to; reason; texture; tidy up; truth

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lǐ

n. reason, logic, truth, natural science, texture

lǐ

v. put in order, tidy, acknowledge, manage, run

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texture, grain (of wood), inner essence, intrinsic order, reason, logic, truth, science, natural science (esp. physics), to manage, to pay attention to, to run (affairs), to handle, to put in order, to tidy up

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理

lǐ

名

（物质组织的条纹）texture; grain (in wood, skin, etc.):

木理 grain in wood;

肌理 skin texture

（道理；事理） reason; logic; truth:

合理 conforming to reason;

伦理 ethics;

不近情理 unreasonable;

他不讲理。 He is not amenable to reason.

他讲的句句是理。 There is truth in every word he says.

（自然科学， 特指物理学） natural science, esp. physics:

理工大学 university of science and engineering;

数理化 mathematics, physics and chemistry

（姓氏） a surname:

理徵 Li Zhi

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（管理; 办理） manage; run; deal with:

代理 act for ;

处理 deal or cope with;

理家 keep house; manage family affairs;

有要事待理 have important business to attend to

（整理; 使整齐） put in proper order; tidy up; clean up:

清理 clear up;

梳理 comb hair; arrange in proper order;

理一理房间 tidy up the rooms a bit

（表示态度; 表示意见） take notice of; pay attention to:

置之不理 pay no attention to sth.; brush sth. aside;

不要理他 take no notice of him

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理|理 [lǐ] ► texture ► grain (of wood) ► inner essence ► intrinsic order ► reason ► logic ► truth ► science ► natural science (esp. physics) ► to manage ► to pay attention to ► to run (affairs) ► to handle ► to put in order ► to tidy up