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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *里* | 里* | *里
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里
HSK 1
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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 / also written 哪裡|哪里
HSK 1
where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment
HSK 1
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  *里* | 里* | *里
variant of 裡|里
HSK 1
there; that place
HSK 1
there; that place
HSK 1
home
HSK 1
here
HSK 1
variant of 這裡|这里
HSK 1
kilometer
HSK 2
chest / heart; mind
HSK 2
during the night / at night / nighttime
HSK 2
in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands
HSK 4
embrace / bosom
HSK 7-9
the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom) / one's future prospects are brilliant
HSK 7-9
secretly; inwardly; on the sly
HSK 7-9
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  *里* | 里* | *里
Li (surname)
a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance
Sicily / Sicilia (Italian Island)
Puli, town in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician
Wanli township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
far away / thousands of miles; 10,000 li
Manzhouli, county-level city, Mongolian Manzhuur xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
(name) Ali / Ali (c. 600-661), the fourth caliph of Islam / see 阿里地區|阿里地区
New Delhi, capital of India
Bari (Puglia, Italy)
the outside and the inside / one's outward show and inner thoughts / exterior and interior
village / hamlet
nautical mile
all in all / either way
hysteria (loanword) / hysterical
neighbor / neighborhood
home town; native place
Madrid, capital of Spain
Huli, a district of Xiamen City 廈門市|厦门市, Fujian
Harry or Hari (name)
mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km)
Cagliari, Sardinia
one's home town or village
two-character surname Baili
Longli county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州, Guizhou
lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword)
lining
publicly; outwardly; professedly
Kaili city in Guizhou, capital of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州
Vasily (name)
calorie (loanword)
Mali
Missouri
privately; secretly; behind closed doors
a clear and boundless sky
li (Chinese unit of distance)
Hillary (name) / Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
in front / in advance of the field
Tripoli, capital of Libya / Tripoli, city in north Lebanon
curie (Ci) (loanword)
amidst the clouds and mist / (fig.) mystified / puzzled
make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
to proceed from the outside to the inside / to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance
Somalia
Hoh Xil or Kekexili, vast nature reserve on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原
lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark
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 length equal to 500 meters)
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
inside story
Skopje, capital of North Macedonia
Conakry, capital of Guinea
penetrated / trenchant / incisive
unaware of the inner workings / naive / unwitting
inside front cover (sometimes refers to both inside front and inside back covers)
Castries, capital of Saint Lucia
Daoli, a district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨 in Heilongjiang
Delhi / New Delhi, capital of India / same as 新德里
Gary (name)
potassium (loanword)
Surrey (county in England)
Shuili Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
square kilometer
Toli county in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区, Xinjiang
Fuli township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
neighbors / the whole neighborhood
the inside
Bali (island province of Indonesia) (Tw)
Calgary, largest city of Alberta, Canada
village
mouth / in the mouth / on one's lips / speech / words
Yuli town in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
to observe; to take it all in
Aubrey (name)
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
you're too kind; you flatter me
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
Bunbury, coastal city in Western Australia / Banbury, town in Oxfordshire, England
valkyrie
behind sb's back; secretly

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