里 (裡)
lǐ
Pinyin
Definition
里 (裡)
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- lining
- interior
- inside
- internal
- also written 裏|里[lǐ]
里
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- li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
- neighborhood
- ancient administrative unit of 25 families
- (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhèn] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lín] levels
里
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- Li (surname)
里 (裏)
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- variant of 裡|里[lǐ]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (1)
狗嘴里吐不出象牙
- 1 no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
- 2 no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel