lè 
		to rein in
to compel
to force
to carve
to engrave
(literary) to command
to lead
lux (unit of illumination)
(literary) bridle
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Kù ěr lè 
		Korla Shehiri, Korla or Ku'erle City, capital of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Ā lè tài 
		Altay prefecture level city in Xinjiang
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xī lín guō lè 
		Xilin Gol league, a prefecture level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Mí lè 
		Mile county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gōu lè 
		to draw the outline of
to outline
to sketch
to delineate contours of
to give a brief account of
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Nà bù lè sī 
		Napoli, capital of Campania region of Italy
Naples
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gé lè 
		(onom.) laughing sound
glug-glug haha!
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Duō pǔ lè 
		Christian Johann Doppler, Austrian physicist who discovered the Doppler effect
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Fèi dé lè 
		Roger Federer (1981-), Swiss tennis star
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xī lín guō lè méng 
		Xilin Gol league, a prefecture level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Mí lè fó 
		Maitreya
the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			kè lè 
		Keller or Köhler (name)
Horst Köhler (1943-), German economist and CDU politician, chaired IMF 2000-2004, President of Germany from 2004
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Mǎ lè 
		Mahler (name)
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Austrian composer
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Ā lè tài dì qū 
		Altay prefecture in Xinjiang
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Kè zī lè sū 
		Qizilsu or Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Kù ěr lè shì 
		Korla Shehiri, Korla or Ku'erle City, capital of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bù jiā lè sī tè 
		Bucharest, capital of Romania
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xí lè 
		Schiller (name)
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller or Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			luó lè 
		sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Shū lè 
		Shule ancient name for modern Kashgar
Shule county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xuán yá lè mǎ 
		lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom); fig. to act in the nick of time
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Liè níng gé lè 
		Leningrad, name of Russian city Saint Petersburg 聖彼得堡|圣彼得堡 1923-1991
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Sī dà lín gé lè 
		Stalingrad, former name of Volvograd 伏爾加格勒|伏尔加格勒 (1925-1961)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lè mǎ 
		to guide a horse with the reins
to rein in a horse
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Ā lè tài shì 
		Altay prefecture level city in Xinjiang
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Hǎi lún · Kǎi lē 
		Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bǐ lè tuó lì yà 
		Pretoria, capital of South Africa
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Sà gé lè bù 
		Zagreb, capital of Croatia 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Kè zī lè sū Kē ěr kè zī zì zhì zhōu 
		Qizilsu or Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Kāi pǔ lè 
		Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), German astronomer and formulator of Kepler's laws of planetary motion