lèi

tired

weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard

field (田) + silk thread (糸) = worn out from endless toil

田 is the field you labor in; 糸 is silk thread, suggesting the endless, tangling work of farming and processing that wears the body down. Together they paint a picture of exhausting, repetitive toil.

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Words with 累

连篇累牍

lián piān lěi dú

(of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom)

连累

lián lei

to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble

达累斯萨拉姆

dá lèi sī sà lā mǔ

Dar es Salaam (former capital of Tanzania)

长年累月

cháng nián lěi yuè

year in, year out (idiom)

长篇累牍

cháng piān lěi dú

(of a text) very lengthy (idiom)

马累

mǎ lèi

Malé, capital of Maldives

事危累卵

shì wēi lěi luǎn

lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture

伤痕累累

shāng hén lěi lěi

cuts and bruises all over the body

劳累

láo lèi

tired

危如累卵

wēi rú lěi luǎn

precarious as pile of eggs (idiom); ready to fall and break at any moment

受累

shòu lěi

to get dragged into

受累

shòu lèi

to be put to a lot of trouble

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