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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
where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment
HSK 1
where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment / also written 哪裡|哪里
HSK 1
kilometer
HSK 2
in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands
HSK 4
here
HSK 1
there; that place
HSK 1
chest / heart; mind
HSK 2
during the night / at night / nighttime
HSK 2
there; that place
HSK 1
home
HSK 1
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  *裡* | 裡* | *裡
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里
HSK 1
inside
HSK 1
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  *里* | 里* | *里
Li (surname)
inside; interior
HSK 2
inside / interior / also pr. [li3 mian5]
HSK 3
lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
Madrid, capital of Spain
Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
thousand miles distant
as if lost in a thick fog (idiom) / in a fog / muddled / completely unfamiliar with sth
Tigris River, Iraq
to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one
in front / in advance of the field
messy / slovenly / unkempt
calorie (loanword)
suddenly; unexpectedly
lit. read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom) / fig. acquire knowledge from study and wisdom from practical experience
long-winded / verbose
lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (proverb) / fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it
mouth / in the mouth / on one's lips / speech / words
Sri Lanka
gaudy / flashy (but without substance)
lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed
(to express one's) true feelings / what is on one's mind / secret mind
HSK 7-9
Wanli, a district of Nanchang City 南昌市, Jiangxi
variant of 這裡|这里
HSK 1
eccentric / odd-looking / peculiar
milestone
HSK 7-9
Saint Patrick
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.
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
Lyon, French city on the Rhône
lit. no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom) / fig. one does not expect fine words from a scoundrel
to be able to plan victory from a thousand miles away (idiom)
orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) / "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt
In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施 (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
secretly; inwardly; on the sly
HSK 7-9
Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang
square kilometer
(idiom) from a great distance; (to come) from afar
Adriatic Sea
one's home town or village
you're too kind; you flatter me
to know the score (idiom) / to be well aware of the situation
embrace / bosom
HSK 7-9
Lilongwe, capital of Malawi (Tw)
Christian Bale (1974-), English actor
Hoh Xil or Kekexili, vast nature reserve on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原
Taimali township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
Crimea
beneath the surface; fundamentally; at the deepest level
lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom) / not content with what one already has / (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km)
Jiali, a district in Tainan 台南, Taiwan
Tarim River of Xinjiang
the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
New Delhi, capital of India
village / hamlet
amidst the clouds and mist / (fig.) mystified / puzzled
to have secret motives / to have a guilty conscience
make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
Calabria, southernmost Italian province
Patrick (name)
Diocletian (c. 245-311), Roman emperor
sweet and sour pork
Cyrillic alphabet / Cyrillic letters
(name) Ali / Ali (c. 600–661), the fourth caliph of Islam / Alibaba, e-commerce company (abbr. for 阿里巴巴) / see 阿里地區|阿里地区
the inside
Mauritius
Chelyabinsk town on the eastern flanks of Ural, on trans-Siberian railway
Florida
the Kremlin
publicly; outwardly; professedly
a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)
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  *裏* | 裏* | *裏
variant of 裡|里
HSK 1
Northern Mariana Islands
lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
village
Shuili Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses

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