Definition & Meaning

1.a river in ancient China

2.confines; limits; not go one step beyond the prescribed limit

léi chí

雷 池

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1
n.a river in ancient China
2
n.metaconfines; limits; not go one step beyond the prescribed limit
- tā bù gǎn yuè léi chí yī bù
  他不敢越雷池一步。
  He was afraid to leave the beaten track.
- yī dàn nǐ yuè guo léi chí kāi shǐ gàn wéi fǎ de shì shuí zhī dào nǎ lǐ shì gè tóu ne
  一旦你越过雷池开始干违法的事，谁知道哪里是个头呢？
  Once you cross over the thin line to acts of lawlessness, who knows where it stops?

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