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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *里* | 里* | *里
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
here
HSK 1
where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment / also written 哪裡|哪里
HSK 1
where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment
HSK 1
there; that place
HSK 1
there; that place
HSK 1
home
HSK 1
chest / heart; mind
HSK 2
kilometer
HSK 2
during the night / at night / nighttime
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *里* | 里* | *里
variant of 裡|里
HSK 1
variant of 這裡|这里
HSK 1
in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands
HSK 4
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  *里* | 里* | *里
Li (surname)
lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
to tuck into one's bosom / also written 揣在懷裡|揣在怀里
to keep in mind; to store in one's heart; to remember perfectly
calorie (loanword)
embrace / bosom
HSK 7-9
(Antoine de) Saint-Exupéry
secretly; inwardly; on the sly
HSK 7-9
Missouri
penetrated / trenchant / incisive
the inside
Real Madrid (soccer team)
the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters)
mouth / in the mouth / on one's lips / speech / words
Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
from the bottom of one's heart / heartily / sincerely
square kilometer
one's home town or village
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
to be able to plan victory from a thousand miles away (idiom)
mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km)
the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom) / one's future prospects are brilliant
HSK 7-9
Jiali, a district in Tainan 台南, Taiwan
New Delhi, capital of India
village / hamlet
lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark
to observe; to take it all in
(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
publicly; outwardly; professedly
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
village
Madrid, capital of Spain
light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)
Hillary (name) / Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
the outside and the inside / one's outward show and inner thoughts / exterior and interior
nautical mile
neighbors / the whole neighborhood
Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician
Wanli township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
far away / thousands of miles; 10,000 li
Toli county in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区, Xinjiang
home town; native place
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
hysteria (loanword) / hysterical
Cagliari, Sardinia
Delhi / New Delhi, capital of India / same as 新德里
inside story
Ibrahim Gambari (1944–), Nigerian diplomat and academic
Sicily / Sicilia (Italian Island)
a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance
make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
you're too kind; you flatter me
a clear and boundless sky
ukulele (loanword)
evil deeds spread a thousand miles (idiom); scandal spreads like wildfire
to tuck into one's bosom
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
all around
Shuili Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
half outside, half inside / half interior, half exterior
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
behind sb's back; secretly
inside back cover
Bari (Puglia, Italy)
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
Damali or Tamali township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan / same as Taimali 太麻里
Hepingli neighborhood of Beijing
curie (Ci) (loanword)
Yuli town in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
all in all / either way
Martti Ahtisaari (1937–2023), Finnish politician, peace negotiator and 2008 Nobel peace laureate
to return home with honor
Surrey (county in England)
ton-kilometer (unit of capacity of transport system)
Swahili
Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852), Russian author and dramatist
Somalia
lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom) / fig. some of us may lose or gain, but in any case the benefits don't go to outsiders
Gary (name)

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