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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
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *裡* | 裡* | *裡
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *里* | 里* | *里
Li (surname)
lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
Madrid, capital of Spain
in front / in advance of the field
calorie (loanword)
suddenly; unexpectedly
mouth / in the mouth / on one's lips / speech / words
variant of 這裡|这里
HSK 1
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
to be able to plan victory from a thousand miles away (idiom)
li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters)
Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
secretly; inwardly; on the sly
HSK 7-9
square kilometer
one's home town or village
you're too kind; you flatter me
embrace / bosom
HSK 7-9
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
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
the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
New Delhi, capital of India
village / hamlet
amidst the clouds and mist / (fig.) mystified / puzzled
make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
(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
publicly; outwardly; professedly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *裏* | 裏* | *裏
variant of 裡|里
HSK 1
village
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
to pay attention to / to care about / to attach importance to
to return home with honor
light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)
both publicly and privately; both overtly and secretly; both explicitly and implicitly
Hillary (name) / Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
nautical mile
to observe; to take it all in
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
hysteria (loanword) / hysterical
inside front cover (sometimes refers to both inside front and inside back covers)
Delhi / New Delhi, capital of India / same as 新德里
from the bottom of one's heart / heartily / sincerely
Aubrey (name)
Bloomsbury, London district
Ibrahim Gambari (1944–), Nigerian diplomat and academic
Sicily / Sicilia (Italian Island)
penetrated / trenchant / incisive
a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance
lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles / a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
ukulele (loanword)
all in all / either way
lining
Shuili Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
to keep in mind; to store in one's heart; to remember perfectly
unaware of the inner workings / naive / unwitting
Bari (Puglia, Italy)
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
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
Zheng Yili (1906-2002), translator, editor and lexicographer, creator of the Zheng coding
neighbors / the whole neighborhood
half outside, half inside / half interior, half exterior
Middlebury (College)
the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
Swahili
Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852), Russian author and dramatist
Somalia
Gary (name)
potassium (loanword)
(name) Vasily; Vasiliy
Musudan-ri, North Korean rocket launch site in North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道|咸镜北道
a clear and boundless sky
Real Madrid (soccer team)
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
li (Chinese unit of distance)

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