liè

to arrange

to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row

bones (歹) + knife (刂) = cut and arrange in a line

A knife splits things apart and lays them out in order — hence the sense of arranging or lining things up in a row. 歹 here is primarily phonetic, giving the liè sound rather than its usual meaning of 'evil' or 'death'.

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请把这些书按顺序出来。

qǐng bǎ zhè xiē shū àn shùn xù liè chū lái。

Please arrange these books in order and list them out.

老师把所有学生的名字在黑板上。

lǎo shī bǎ suǒ yǒu xué sheng de míng zi liè zài hēi bǎn shàng。

The teacher listed all the students' names on the blackboard.

Words with 列

选单列

xuǎn dān liè

(Tw) (computing) menu bar

门捷列夫

mén jié liè fū

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907), Russian chemist who introduced the periodic table

开列

kāi liè

to make (a list)

阿列克西斯

ā liè kè xī sī

Alexis (name)

阿列夫

ā liè fū

aleph (first letter א of Hebrew alphabet)

阵列

zhèn liè

(computing) array (data structure)

陈列

chén liè

to display; to exhibit

陈列室

chén liè shì

exhibition room; display room

陈列台

chén liè tái

display stand; showcase stall

队列

duì liè

formation (of troops)

马克思列宁主义

mǎ kè sī liè níng zhǔ yì

Marxism-Leninism

马列

mǎ liè

Marx and Lenin

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