里
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- 1. lining
- 2. interior
- 3. inside
- 4. internal
- 5. also written 裏|里[lǐ]
- 6. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
- 7. neighborhood
- 8. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
Words Containing 里
kilometer
where?
during the night
home
chest
(to express one's) true feelings
embrace
in hand
secretly; inwardly; on the sly
inside
inside
inside
here
there; that place
milestone
the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom)
lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
Qilihe District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[lán zhōu shì], Gansu
orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata)
Qilihe District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[lán zhōu shì], Gansu
Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
Sanlihe (Beijing street name)
folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[chǔ guó]
not to understand the situation
unaware of the inner workings
make light of traveling a thousand li
Liuli district of Xuzhou city 徐州市[xú zhōu shì], Jiangsu
Liuli district of Xuzhou city 徐州市[xú zhōu shì], Jiangsu
just as bad; not much better
Erlitou (Xia dynasty 夏朝[xià cháo] archaeological site at Yanshi 偃師|偃师[yǎn shī] in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳[luò yáng], Henan)
Adriatic Sea
Alexandria
Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher
Aristotle (philosopher)
Ilyich or Illich (name)
Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war
Florida
Florida
Jiali, a district in Tainan 台南|台南[tái nán], Taiwan
Chiali town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier (French mathematician, 1768-1830)
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集[kǎn tè bó léi gù shì jí]
Jericho (town in West Bank)
Jeremy (name)
foolish
creole language
the Kremlin
(Warren) Christopher
(name) Christine, Kristine, Kristen, Kristin etc
Christian Bale (1974-), English actor
Julia Kristeva (1941-), Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst, philosopher and literary critic
Kristian or Christian (name)
Kristiansund (city in Norway)
Cripps (name)
Crimea
Crimea
the Crimean War (1853-1856)
Crete
Crete
Crimea
the inside
Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
kilometer per hour
Cathy Freeman (1973-), Australian sprinter
Kaili city in Guizhou, capital of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州
Kaili city in Guizhou, capital of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州
Liguria, northwest Italy
Liberia
Limerick, Ireland
Guattari (philosopher)
Gary (name)
Kaliningrad, town on Baltic now in Russian republic
Kaliningrad Oblast
Kalimantan (Indonesian part of the island of Borneo)
Kalimantan island (Indonesian name for Borneo island)
Guiseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), Italian military commander and politician
Galilee
Sea of Galilee
Boris (name)
Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
light-years (apart)
(fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city
a thousand miles
see 千里之堤,潰於蟻穴|千里之堤,溃于蚁穴[qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué]
lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
thousand miles distant
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
clairvoyance
from distant parts
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
Trinidad and Tobago
lit. ten thousand mile horse
lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (idiom)
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it
half outside, half inside
Cagliari, Sardinia
Calabria, southernmost Italian province
Castries, capital of Saint Lucia
Calgary, largest city of Alberta, Canada
calorie (loanword)
Eritrea
quaint
Hoh Xil or Kekexili, vast nature reserve on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[qīng zàng gāo yuán]
lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom)
see 吃著碗裡,看著鍋裡|吃着碗里,看着锅里[chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ]
to work against the interests of sb one derives support from
Houli Township in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
Houli Township in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
Hepingli neighborhood of Beijing
Harry or Hari (name)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17 astronaut)
(loanword) caliph
Burj Khalifa, skyscraper in Dubai, 830 m high
Caliphate (Islamic empire formed after the death of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德 in 632)
you're too kind; you flatter me
K2, Mt Qogir or Chogori in Karakorum section of Himalayas
K2, Mt Qogir or Chogori in Karakorum section of Himalayas
see 嘰哩咕嚕|叽哩咕噜[jī li gū lū]
mouth
ton-kilometer (unit of capacity of transport system)
(onom.) to crackle and rattle
long-winded
all around
unsophisticated
Cantabria, Spanish autonomous region, capital Santander 桑坦德[sāng tǎn dé]
Avebury (stone circle near Stonehenge)
Yerevan, capital of Armenia 亞美尼亞|亚美尼亚[yà měi ní yà]
Puli, town in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan
Puli, town in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan
Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war
Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands)
Kiribati
the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang
Tarim River of Xinjiang
Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang
(Jean-Michel) Severino, CEO of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
village
Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian fascist dictator, \Il Duce\, president 1922-1943
Tabriz city in northwest Iran, capital of Iranian East Azerbaijan
Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk
Dali or Tali City in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
Dali or Tali City in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
Damali or Tamali township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[tái dōng xiàn], southeast Taiwan
Damali or Tamali township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[tái dōng xiàn], southeast Taiwan
Taimali township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[tái dōng xiàn], southeast Taiwan
Taimali township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[tái dōng xiàn], southeast Taiwan
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
Aubrey (name)
Odisha (formerly Orissa), eastern Indian state
Aurelia, a hypothetical planet
lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles
as if lost in a thick fog (idiom)
between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning
recluse
Missouri
Missouri
Fuli township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[huā lián xiàn], east Taiwan
Fuli township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[huā lián xiàn], east Taiwan
inside back cover
inside front cover (sometimes refers to both inside front and inside back covers)
stingy
ukulele (loanword)
Joris Ivens (1898-1989), Dutch documentary filmmaker and committed communist
inside story
curie (Ci) (loanword)
see 居禮夫人|居礼夫人[jū lǐ fū ren]
see 左鄰右舍|左邻右舍[zuǒ lín yòu shè]
the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom)
the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom)
Bactria, an ancient country of Central Asia
Bari (Puglia, Italy)
Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County in Hami 哈密市[hā mì shì], Xinjiang
Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County in Hami 哈密市[hā mì shì], Xinjiang
Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County in Hami 哈密市[hā mì shì], Xinjiang
Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang
island of Bali
li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters)
Brittany (France)
Bridgetown, capital of Barbados
Bristol
Bristol port city in southwest England
Bristol Channel in southwest England
Brisbane, capital of Queensland, Australia
Britney, Brittney or Brittany (name)
Bloomsbury, London district
Hillary (name)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
Paramaribo, capital of Suriname
Patrick (name)
Patricia
Ping'an Li (street name in Beijing)