厘米 (釐米)
lí mǐ
Pinyin
Definition
厘米 (釐米)
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- centimeter
Character Decomposition
Idioms (7)
不当家不知柴米贵
- 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
偷鸡不成蚀把米
- 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
- 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
- 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
巧妇难为无米之炊
- 1 The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
生米做成熟饭
- 1 lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
- 2 It's too late to change anything now.
- 3 also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
生米煮成熟饭
- 1 the rice is cooked
- 2 what's done is done
- 3 it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
Sample Sentences
只是,这次水位极高,最高达到一百五十六厘米。
Except that this time the water level was extremely high, the highest was 156cm.
按照他的说法,威尼斯平均一年有四次水位超过一百零九厘米。
According to him, the water level in Venice exceeds 109cm an average of 4 times a year.
平方厘米
square centimeter
厘米
centimeter