呂

pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Luzon Island, north Philippines

Lübeck, Germany

Rüsselsheim, city in Germany

Luzon Strait between Taiwan and Luzon Island (Philippines)

Lü Yan (lived c. 874), Tang dynasty poet

Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord

snake halberd

see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]

Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西

Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西

lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1], compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lü3 Bu4 wei2]

Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1]

see 呂洞賓|吕洞宾[Lü3 Dong4 bin1]

Lü Meng (178-219), general of the southern state of Wu

"Mr Lü's Annals", same as 呂氏春秋|吕氏春秋[Lü3 shi4 Chun1 qiu1]

tuning / temperament

Zeebrugge (port city in Belgium)

a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom) / to ill reward a person's kindness

Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]

Lü Jiamin (1946-) aka Jiang Rong 姜戎[Jiang1 Rong2], Chinese writer