累累

léiléi

adjective #19,625

Meanings

1 clusters of
2 heaps of
3 laden with (fruit, achievements, wounds)

Characters

to pile up; to accumulate

to pile up; to accumulate

Examples

树上果实累累。

Shù shàng guǒshí léiléi.

The tree is laden with fruit.

他伤痕累累地回来了。

Tā shānghén léiléi de huílái le.

He came back covered in scars.

Tips

usage

累累 has two pronunciations: léiléi (clusters of, laden with) and lěilěi (repeatedly, innumerable). The léiléi reading is far more common in modern usage.

mistakes

Do not confuse with 累 (lèi, tired). The léi reading here is literary and means 'piled up'.

Stroke Order

累 lèi