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  *里* | 里* | *里
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇 and neighborhood 鄰|邻 levels
HSK 1
neighbor
HSK 5
community / neighborhood
HSK 5
nearby; neighboring / (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
HSK 4
(idiom) to be free of worldly desires and ambitions; to neither want nor seek (fame, profit, material gain etc)
next door / neighbor
HSK 5
housing estate; community; neighborhood / (telecommunications) cell
HSK 7-9
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  *邻* | 邻* | *邻
neighbor / adjacent / close to
lit. people shouting and horses neighing (idiom) / fig. tumultuous / hubbub
to use one's neighbor as a drain / to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)
Xiaozhai neighborhood of Xi'an
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  *䲟* | 䲟* | *䲟
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
neither servile nor overbearing (idiom) / neither obsequious nor supercilious
(Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
Wu Zun or Chun Wu (1979-), Bruneian actor, vocalist of Fei Lun Hai (Fahrenheit)
neither giving way to the other
block; neighborhood
nearby / in a close neighborhood
HSK 7-9
to whinny (of a horse) / to neigh / to shout
to eat in (at the restaurant) (contrasted with 外帶|外带) / (restaurant) dine-in service
neighboring country
HSK 7-9
to be neither too familiar nor too distant / to keep sb at arm's length
iodophor; (esp.) povidone-iodine
Zhongguancun neighborhood of Beijing, containing Peking University, famous for electronics shops and bookstores
not to the point / wide of the mark / neither here nor there / irrelevant
cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing
Yayuncun neighborhood of Beijing
residential area / neighborhood
both / both of them / neither
(idiom) dubious; shady; neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl; nondescript
Xiaonei (Chinese social network website)
neither war nor peace
next-door neighbor; neighboring household
subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities
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  *嘶* | 嘶* | *嘶
hiss / neigh / Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over)
(literary) next-door neighbor / near; next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2]
Wangjing neighborhood of Beijing
to get on well with one's neighbors / amicable relationship with one's neighbor
friendly neighbor / (of a military unit etc) neighboring and allied
distinguished neighbor (honorific)
neither too fast nor too slow (idiom)
Weiyuan county in Neijiang 內江|内江, Sichuan
(of a vassal state, neighboring country etc) to present tribute (to the imperial court)
(idiom) the whole neighborhood
neighbor / person next door
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  *兰* | 兰* | *兰
orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii) / fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei) / lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
Khamenei, Ayatollah Aly (1939-), Supreme Leader of Iran, aka Ali Khamenei
cheating neither old nor young / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying) / fig. even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood
Fuxingmen neighborhood of Beijing
neither the best nor the worst; not too bad; better than some
Neihu District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市, Taiwan
Weiyuan county in Neijiang 內江|内江, Sichuan
neighbors / the whole neighborhood
aromatic herb / vanilla / alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei / (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)
Neipu Township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Neihuang, a county in Anyang City 安陽市|安阳市, Henan
Linnei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
next-door neighbor
to fulfill one's dream / (divination) to predict the future by interpreting a dream / oneiromancy
neighboring / adjacent / near / vicinity
Neijiang, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
both sides suffer (idiom) / neither side wins
A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.
Beiyuan neighborhood of Beijing
lanes and alleys / neighborhood / lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families
to cultivate friendship with neighbors
to whinny (of a horse) / to neigh
neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
Brunei
neighbor
neighborhood warden
(Tw) Brunei
ciliary dynein protein
Neihu District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市, Taiwan
Dongxing, a district of Neijiang City 內江市|内江市, Sichuan
Rio de Janeiro
Bandar Seri Begawan, capital of Brunei
friendly neighboring countries / to keep up good relations with neighboring countries
gneiss
to be right next to / close neighbor
Xidan neighborhood of central Beijing
Wujiaochang neighborhood of Shanghai, adjacent to Fudan University
cuneiform (Babylonian script)
Hepingli neighborhood of Beijing
Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
Chaoyangmen neighborhood of Beijing
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
Fuchengmen neighborhood of Beijing
Neixiang, a county in Nanyang City 南陽市|南阳市, Henan
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
Dongzhimen neighborhood of Beijing
neighborhood / neighbor
Xizhimen neighborhood of Beijing / the main northwest gate of Beijing
outlandish sounds (wind blowing on frontier, wild horses neighing etc)
lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom) / fig. unrelated to one another in any way
sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
orchid / fragrant thoroughwort / (botany) Eupatorium fortunei / Herba Eupatorii (used in Chinese medicine)

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