里应外合 (裡應外合)
lǐ yìng wài hé
Pinyin
Definition
里应外合 (裡應外合)
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- to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom)
- (fig.) to act together
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 outside
- 2 excluding
- 1 additional
- 2 in addition
- 3 besides
- 4 separate
- 5 other
- 6 moreover
- 7 furthermore
- 1 100 ml
- 2 one-tenth of a peck
- 3 measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗
- 1 suitable
- 2 fitting
- 3 appropriate
Idioms (20)
一拍即合
- 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
- 2 to hit it off
- 3 to click together
- 4 to chime in easily
三个臭皮匠,合成一个诸葛亮
- 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
不足为外人道
- 1 no use to tell others
- 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
中西合璧
- 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
九霄云外
- 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
- 2 unimaginably far away