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  *里* | 里* | *里
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里
HSK 1
the middle; the inside / in the middle; within; between; among / during; in the meantime
HSK 1
inside
HSK 1
inside; interior
HSK 2
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  *内* | 内* | *内
inside / inner / internal / within / interior
HSK 3
inside / interior / also pr. [li3 mian5]
HSK 3
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  *反* | 反* | *反
contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切 phonetic system
HSK 4
interior / inside (part, section) / internal
HSK 4
inside / among / in the midst of (doing sth) / during
HSK 5
inside; within
HSK 5
inside and outside / domestic and foreign / approximately / about
HSK 6
inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal
HSK 7-9
inside information / concrete details
HSK 7-9
reversal / inversion / to reverse / to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside
to know all the ins and outs of sth / to get to know (a place) inside out
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) / to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
hollow / (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside / (of a basketball) to swish through (not touching the hoop)
inner container (e.g. the rice pot inside a rice cooker, the vacuum bottle inside a thermos, the tank inside a hot water heater, the bladder of a football)
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  *袖* | 袖* | *袖
sleeve / to tuck inside one's sleeve
name and address of the sender enclosed / details inside
the outside and the inside / one's outward show and inner thoughts / exterior and interior
inside story / inside information
fundus of the eye (containing the choroid, retina, optic nerve etc) / inside the eye / right in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama
Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable
to disclose inside information / to divulge secret details
inside information / the ins and outs of the matter / how things stand / what's up
inside and out / or so
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  *焗* | 焗* | *焗
(dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake
flower but no fruit (idiom); handsome exterior but hollow inside / flashy
to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom) / (fig.) to act together
the region inside the major mountain passes of ancient China
lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark
the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps
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  *瓤* | 瓤* | *瓤
pulp (of fruit) / sth inside a covering / bad / weak
sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood)
inside story
gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside / to show poor judgment (idiom)
lit. show strength while weak inside (idiom); appearing fierce while cowardly at heart / a sheep in wolf's clothing
lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently / to know sth inside out / to know sth by heart
aggrieved / dejected / (Tw, southern China) to be moved by a kind gesture etc / to feel gratified / to feel warm inside
tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc)
to proceed from the outside to the inside / to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance
rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)
inside the city
lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom) / fig. velvet glove
(coll.) outwardly cold or retiring but deep and passionate inside
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  *柷* | 柷* | *柷
percussion instrument, a tapering wooden box struck on the inside with a wooden stick
inside front cover (sometimes refers to both inside front and inside back covers)
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  *莩* | 莩* | *莩
membrane lining inside a cylindrical stem / culm
to reveal the inside story / to expose sb's secrets
to divulge the inside story
(coll.) presenting as unfriendly and blunt, but warm and tender inside (loanword from Japanese "tsundere")
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  *槺* | 槺* | *槺
empty space inside a building
Huairen Hall or Huairentang, a building inside Zhongnanhai 中南海, used as the main meeting place of the Politburo of the CCP
rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet)
filled with / internal decoration / installed inside
tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc)
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  *祊* | 祊* | *祊
side altar inside ancestral temple
(slang) to ejaculate inside sb's mouth
egg pancake (thin pancake rolled up with omelet inside, popular in Taiwan as a breakfast dish)
to wear inside out (clothes)
the inside
to keep one's emotions inside oneself / to restrain one's emotions
kiosk / snack counter / retail department or section inside a larger business
to ejaculate inside sb's mouth
from the inside to the outside / through and through / thoroughly
to empty (a bag) / to turn inside out / to turn out
inside and out
banana person (yellow outside, white inside) / mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans / Westernized person of Asian appearance
well-informed source; person with inside information
inside front cover
gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
half outside, half inside / half interior, half exterior
magnanimous on the outside, but hateful on the inside (idiom)
small sausage in large sausage (pork sausage stuffed inside a glutinous rice sausage, a Taiwanese street food specialty)
rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)
the wrong way round (back to front, inside out etc)
inside cut (golf) / (math.) inscribed sphere / insphere
(of a person) beautiful inside and out
(med.) endothelium / thin skin on the inside of some fruits (e.g. oranges)
exclave (our land inside them) / (Tw) enclave (foreign land embedded in us)
lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly
inside informer / mole / plant
soft on the inside despite one's hard shell / appearing tough on the outside as to mask one's inner vulnerability / also written 內柔外剛|内柔外刚
enclave (foreign land inside us) / (Tw) exclave (our land outside us)
inside back cover
inside back cover
to encapsulate / to enclose / to wrap / to seal inside
vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood)
to shut the door and remain inside / fig. to cut off contact
(slang) (Tw) to stick "it" in / to thrust inside
to act from inside in coordination with attackers outside / attacked from both inside and out
lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom) / fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside
to keep one's emotions inside oneself / to restrain one's emotions


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