厘米 (釐米)
lí mǐ
Pinyin

Definition

厘米 (釐米)
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lí mǐ
  1. centimeter

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 surname Mi
xiā mǐ
  1. 1 small shrimp
  2. 2 dried, shelled shrimps
dà mǐ
  1. 1 (husked) rice
Xiǎo mǐ
  1. 1 Xiaomi, Chinese electronics company founded in 2010
píng fāng mǐ
  1. 1 square meter

Idioms (7)

不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
  1. 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
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
  1. 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  3. 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
巧妇难为无米之炊
qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī
  1. 1 The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
生米做成熟饭
shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn
  1. 1 lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
  2. 2 It's too late to change anything now.
  3. 3 also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
生米煮成熟饭
shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn
  1. 1 the rice is cooked
  2. 2 what's done is done
  3. 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。
zhǐshì ,zhè cì shuǐwèi jí gāo ,zuì gāo dádào yībǎi wǔshí liù límǐ 。
Except that this time the water level was extremely high, the highest was 156cm.
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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。
ànzhào tā de shuōfǎ ,Wēinísī píngjūn yī nián yǒu sì cì shuǐwèi chāoguò yìbǎilíngjiǔ límǐ 。
According to him, the water level in Venice exceeds 109cm an average of 4 times a year.
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平方厘米
píngfāng límǐ
square centimeter
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厘米
límǐ
centimeter
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