1 where?

2 somewhere

3 anywhere

4 wherever

5 nowhere (negative answer to question)

6 humble expression denying compliment

7 also written 哪裡|哪里

1 surname Mi

1 variant: 里 lǐ

1 inside

2 interior

3 also pr. [lǐ mian]

1 variant: 这里 zhè lǐ

1 lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress

1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)

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

1 an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)

2 huge damage may result from a moment's negligence

1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it

2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛