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  *裡* | 裡* | *裡
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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  *內* | 內* | *內
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; within
HSK 5
inside / among / in the midst of (doing sth) / during
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
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  *焗* | 焗* | *焗
(dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake
inside the city
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
to encapsulate / to enclose / to wrap / to seal inside
reversal / inversion / to reverse / to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
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  *袖* | 袖* | *袖
sleeve / to tuck inside one's sleeve
positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside
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
the inside
well-informed source; person with inside information
name and address of the sender enclosed / details inside
inside information / the ins and outs of the matter / how things stand / what's up
egg pancake (thin pancake rolled up with omelet inside, popular in Taiwan as a breakfast dish)
hollow / (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside / (of a basketball) to swish through (not touching the hoop)
kiosk / snack counter / retail department or section inside a larger business
aggrieved / dejected / (Tw, southern China) to be moved by a kind gesture etc / to feel gratified / to feel warm inside
lit. show strength while weak inside (idiom); appearing fierce while cowardly at heart / a sheep in wolf's clothing
inside and out
lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark
inside story
to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside / to show poor judgment (idiom)
rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)
the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps
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
inside front cover
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  *槺* | 槺* | *槺
empty space inside a building
lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom) / fig. velvet glove
the outside and the inside / one's outward show and inner thoughts / exterior and interior
the region inside the major mountain passes of ancient China
to divulge the inside story
inside story / inside information
inside back cover
to proceed from the outside to the inside / to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance
(coll.) presenting as unfriendly and blunt, but warm and tender inside (loanword from Japanese "tsundere")
lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom) / fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside
to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom) / (fig.) to act together
inside front cover (sometimes refers to both inside front and inside back covers)
vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood)
to keep one's emotions inside oneself / to restrain one's emotions
to shut the door and remain inside / fig. to cut off contact
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) / to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
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  *瓤* | 瓤* | *瓤
pulp (of fruit) / sth inside a covering / bad / weak
to disclose inside information / to divulge secret details
magnanimous on the outside, but hateful on the inside (idiom)
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  *柷* | 柷* | *柷
percussion instrument, a tapering wooden box struck on the inside with a wooden stick
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  *莩* | 莩* | *莩
membrane lining inside a cylindrical stem / culm
to reveal the inside story / to expose sb's secrets
inside informer / mole / plant
filled with / internal decoration / installed inside
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  *祊* | 祊* | *祊
side altar inside ancestral temple
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)
(coll.) outwardly cold or retiring but deep and passionate inside
to act from inside in coordination with attackers outside / attacked from both inside and out
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
to know all the ins and outs of sth / to get to know (a place) inside out
rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet)
the wrong way round (back to front, inside out etc)
to wear inside out (clothes)
tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc)
(of a person) beautiful inside and out
banana person (yellow outside, white inside) / mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans / Westernized person of Asian appearance
from the inside to the outside / through and through / thoroughly
gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
to keep one's emotions inside oneself / to restrain one's emotions
to empty (a bag) / to turn inside out / to turn out
(slang) to ejaculate inside sb's mouth
rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)
inside cut (golf) / (math.) inscribed sphere / insphere
(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)
half outside, half inside / half interior, half exterior
to ejaculate inside sb's mouth
enclave (foreign land inside us) / (Tw) exclave (our land outside us)
small sausage in large sausage (pork sausage stuffed inside a glutinous rice sausage, a Taiwanese street food specialty)
inside back cover
Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable
Huairen Hall or Huairentang, a building inside Zhongnanhai 中南海, used as the main meeting place of the Politburo of the CCP
(slang) (Tw) to stick "it" in / to thrust inside
tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc)
flower but no fruit (idiom); handsome exterior but hollow inside / flashy
inside and out / or so
sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood)
gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)


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