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罗列

羅列
luóliè
verb #33,754

Meanings

  1. 1 to list
  2. 2 to enumerate one by one
  3. 3 (of buildings, objects) to be laid out in a row, to be scattered about

Examples

HSK 4
他罗列了几条主要原因。
Tā luóliè le jǐ tiáo zhǔyào yuányīn.
He enumerated the main reasons.
HSK 6
山下罗列着十几个小村庄。
Shānxià luóliè zhe shíjǐ gè xiǎo cūnzhuāng.
More than a dozen small villages are scattered at the foot of the mountain.
HSK 7-9
桌上罗列着各种菜肴。
Zhuōshàng luóliè zhe gèzhǒng càiyáo.
All kinds of dishes were laid out on the table.

Tips

usage
Two related senses: (1) verbal "enumeration" - listing reasons, facts, or examples in writing or speech (罗列证据 "enumerate evidence", 罗列事实 "list the facts"); (2) physical "spread out / dotted across" - buildings, dishes, mountains arrayed in view. The shared image is items laid out one after another. Compare 列举 (lièjǔ, "to cite as examples") which is more focused on giving illustrative cases.
memory
罗 (a hunter's net) + 列 (a row) - picture a net stretched out flat with items caught in a regular pattern. That's the visual core of 罗列: things spread out one after another in view.

Stroke Order

罗 luó
列 liè