累

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.

田+糸→累
田FieldSemantic
糸Silk threadSemantic

走了很长的路,我感到很累。

zǒu le hěn cháng de lù, wǒ gǎn dào hěn lèi。

After walking a very long way, I feel very tired.

连续工作了三天,他累得连饭都不想吃。

lián xù gōng zuò le sān tiān, tā lèi de lián fàn dōu bù xiǎng chī。

After working three days in a row, he was so worn out that he did not even want to eat.

Words with 累

达累斯萨拉姆

dá lèi sī sà lā mǔ

Dar es Salaam (former capital of Tanzania)

累计

lěi jì

to calculate the running total

负债累累

fù zhài lěi lěi

deep in debt

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

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

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