lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里
里里li3
Li (surname)
里里li3
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇 and neighborhood 鄰|邻 levels
Martti Ahtisaari (1937-), Finnish diplomat and politician, veteran peace negotiator and 2008 Nobel peace laureate
阿加莎·克里斯蒂阿加莎·克里斯蒂a1 jia1 sha1 - ke4 li3 si1 di4
Agatha Christie
阿里阿里a1 li3
Ali (proper name); Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (c. 600-661), cousin, aid and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德, the fourth Caliph 哈里發|哈里发 of Islam, reigned 656-661, and the first Imam 伊瑪目|伊玛目 of Shia Islam; Ngari prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Mnga' ris
阿里巴巴阿里巴巴a1 li3 ba1 ba1
Ali Baba, character from The Arabian Nights
阿里巴巴阿里巴巴a1 li3 ba1 ba1
Alibaba, PRC e-commerce company
阿里地区阿里地區a1 li3 di4 qu1
Ngari prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Mnga' ris sa khul
阿里郎阿里郎a1 li3 lang2
Arirang, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo dynasty; Arirang, series of Korean earth observation space satellites
阿里山阿里山a1 li3 shan1
Alishan township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
阿里山阿里山a1 li3 shan1
Alishan, mountain range in Taiwan
阿里山乡阿里山鄉a1 li3 shan1 xiang1
Alishan township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县, within the Alishan Range, south-central Taiwan
lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom); not content with what one already has; (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
Likang township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
里港乡里港鄉li3 gang3 xiang1
Likang township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
里根里根li3 gen1
Reagan (name); Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), US president (1981-1989)
里勾外连裡勾外連li3 gou1 wai4 lian2
to act from inside in coordination with attackers outside; attacked from both inside and out
里海裡海li3 hai3
Caspian Sea
里海地鸦裡海地鴉li3 hai3 di4 ya1
(bird species of China) Pander's ground jay (Podoces panderi)
里肌肉里肌肉li3 ji1 rou4
loin (of pork)
里脊裡脊li3 ji5
(tender)loin (of pork, beef etc)
里加里加li3 jia1
Riga, capital of Latvia
里贾纳里賈納li3 jia3 na4
Regina city, capital of Saskatchewan province, Canada
里克特里克特li3 ke4 te4
Richter (name); Charles Francis Richter (1900-1985), US physicist and seismologist, after whom the Richter scale is named
里拉里拉li3 la1
lira (former Italian etc currency) (loanword)
里朗威里朗威li3 lang3 wei1
Lilongwe, capital of Malawi (Tw)
里里外外裡裡外外li3 li3 wai4 wai4
inside and out
里弄里弄li3 long4
lanes and alleys; neighborhood; lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families
goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
里人里人li3 ren2
person from the same village, town or province; peasant (derog.); (of a school of thought etc) follower
里社里社li3 she4
village shrine to the earth god
里氏里氏li3 shi4
Richter (scale)
里士满里士滿li3 shi4 man3
Richmond (name)
里氏震级里氏震級li3 shi4 zhen4 ji2
Richter magnitude scale
里手裡手li3 shou3
expert; left-hand side (of a machine); left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle
里斯本里斯本li3 si1 ben3
Lisbon, capital of Portugal
里头裡頭li3 tou5
inside; interior
里瓦尔多里瓦爾多li3 wa3 er3 duo1
Rivaldo
里瓦几亚条约里瓦幾亞條約li3 wa3 ji1 ya4 tiao2 yue1
Treaty of Livadia (1879) between Russia and China, relating to territory in Chinese Turkistan, renegotiated in 1881 (Treaty of St. Petersburg)
里外裡外li3 wai4
inside and out; or so
里外里裡外裡li3 wai4 li3
all in all; either way
里维埃拉里維埃拉li3 wei2 ai1 la1
riviera (loanword)
里维耶拉里維耶拉li3 wei2 ye1 la1
riviera (loanword) (Tw)
里希特霍芬里希特霍芬li3 xi1 te4 huo4 fen1
Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
里巷里巷li3 xiang4
lane; alley
里谚里諺li3 yan4
common saying; folk proverb
里应外合裡應外合li3 ying4 wai4 he2
to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom); (fig.) to act together
里约里約li3 yue1
Rio; abbr. for 里約熱內盧|里约热内卢
里约里約li3 yue1
agreement between the residents of a 里, an administrative district under a city or town (Taiwan)
里约热内卢里約熱內盧li3 yue1 re4 nei4 lu2
Rio de Janeiro
里长伯里長伯li3 zhang3 bo2
neighborhood warden
里子裡子li3 zi5
lining; (fig.) substance (as opposed to outward appearance)
利比里亚利比里亞li4 bi3 li3 ya4
Liberia
利古里亚利古里亞li4 gu3 li3 ya4
Liguria, northwest Italy
利默里克利默里克li4 mo4 li3 ke4
Limerick, Ireland
邻里鄰里lin2 li3
neighbor; neighborhood
流里流气流裡流氣liu2 li5 liu2 qi4
hooliganism; rowdyism
龙里龍里long2 li3
Longli county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州, Guizhou
龙里县龍里縣long2 li3 xian4
Longli county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州, Guizhou
啰里啰嗦囉里囉嗦luo1 li5 luo1 suo5
long-winded; verbose
罗马里奥羅馬里奧luo2 ma3 li3 ao4
Romário
马德里馬德裡ma3 de2 li3
variant of 馬德里|马德里, Madrid
马德里馬德里ma3 de2 li3
Madrid, capital of Spain
马里馬里ma3 li3
Mali
马里奥馬里奧ma3 li3 ao4
Mario (name)
马里博尔馬里博爾ma3 li3 bo2 er3
Maribor, 2nd biggest city in Slovenia
马里兰馬里蘭ma3 li3 lan2
Maryland, US state
马里兰州馬里蘭州ma3 li3 lan2 zhou1
Maryland, US state
马里亚纳海沟馬里亞納海溝ma3 li3 ya4 na4 hai3 gou1
Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)
马里亚纳群岛馬里亞納群島ma3 li3 ya4 na4 qun2 dao3
Mariana islands in Pacific
马斯特里赫特馬斯特里赫特ma3 si1 te4 li3 he4 te4
Maastricht
马苏里拉馬蘇里拉ma3 su1 li3 la1
mozzarella (loanword)
迈杜古里邁杜古裡mai4 du4 gu3 li3
Maiduguri, city in north Nigeria
麦科里麥科里mai4 ke1 li3
(Mike) McCurry (White House spokesperson)
满洲里滿洲里man3 zhou1 li3
Manzhouli county level city, Mongolian Manzhuur xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
满洲里市滿洲里市man3 zhou1 li3 shi4
Manzhouli county level city, Mongolian Manzhuur xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
毛里求斯毛里求斯mao2 li3 qiu2 si1
Mauritius
毛里塔尼亚毛里塔尼亞mao2 li3 ta3 ni2 ya4
Mauritania
梅里美梅里美mei2 li3 mei3
Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870), French scholar and writer, author of novel Carmen on which Bizet based his opera
梅里斯梅里斯mei2 li3 si1
Meilisi Daur district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
梅里斯达斡尔族区梅里斯達斡爾族區mei2 li3 si1 da2 wo4 er3 zu2 qu1
Meilisi Daur district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
梅里斯区梅里斯區mei2 li3 si1 qu1
Meilisi Daur district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
梅里雪山梅里雪山mei2 li3 xue3 shan1
Meilixue or Meri snow mountains, with peaks up to 6000 m., in Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州, Yunnan
lit. kept inside a drum (idiom); fig. completely in the dark
米德尔伯里米德爾伯里mi3 de2 er3 bo2 li3
Middlebury (College)
密苏里密蘇里mi4 su1 li3
Missouri
密苏里州密蘇里州mi4 su1 li3 zhou1
Missouri
绵里藏针綿裡藏針mian2 li3 cang2 zhen1
lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom); fig. ruthless character behind a gentle appearance; a wolf in sheep's clothing; an iron fist in a velvet glove
摩根·弗里曼摩根·弗里曼mo2 gen1 - fu2 li3 man4
Morgan Freeman, American actor
模里西斯模里西斯mo2 li3 xi1 si1
Mauritius (Tw)
蓦地里驀地裡mo4 di4 li3
suddenly; unexpectedly
莫里哀莫里哀mo4 li3 ai1
Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy
墨索里尼墨索里尼mo4 suo3 li3 ni2
Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian fascist dictator, "Il Duce", president 1922-1943
莫扎里拉莫扎里拉mo4 za1 li3 la1
mozzarella (loanword)
木里藏族自治县木里藏族自治縣mu4 li3 zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4
Muli Tibetan autonomous county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, south Sichuan
哪里哪裏na3 li3
where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪裡|哪里
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
十里洋场十里洋場shi2 li3 yang2 chang3
the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements; (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city
市里市里shi4 li3
li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters)
手里手裡shou3 li3
in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands
手里剑手裡劍shou3 li3 jian4
straight or circular throwing-knife used by ninja and samurai (loanword from Japanese 手裏剣 shuriken)
水里水里shui3 li3
Shuili township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
水里乡水里鄉shui3 li3 xiang1
Shuili township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
斯科普里斯科普里si1 ke1 pu3 li3
Skopje, capital of Macedonia
斯克里亚宾斯克里亞賓si1 ke4 li3 ya4 bin1
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Russian composer and pianist
斯里巴加湾港斯里巴加灣港si1 li3 ba1 jia1 wan1 gang3
Bandar Seri Begawan, capital of Brunei
斯里兰卡斯里蘭卡si1 li3 lan2 ka3
Sri Lanka; (formerly) Ceylon
斯瓦希里斯瓦希里si1 wa3 xi1 li3
Swahili
斯瓦希里语斯瓦希里語si1 wa3 xi1 li3 yu3
Swahili (language); Kiswahili
死里逃生死裡逃生si3 li3 tao2 sheng1
mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape; to survive by the skin of one's teeth
四下里四下裡si4 xia4 li5
all around
苏里南蘇里南su1 li3 nan2
Suriname
苏里南河蘇里南河su1 li3 nan2 he2
Suriname River
索尔兹伯里平原索爾茲伯里平原suo3 er3 zi1 bo2 li3 ping2 yuan2
Salisbury plain
索尔兹伯里石环索爾茲伯里石環suo3 er3 zi1 bo2 li3 shi2 huan2
Stonehenge; Salisbury stone circle
索福克里斯索福克里斯suo3 fu2 ke4 li3 si1
Sophocles (496-406 BC), Greek playwright
索里亚索里亞suo3 li3 ya4
Soria, Spain
索马里索馬裡suo3 ma3 li3
variant of 索馬里|索马里; Somalia
索马里索馬里suo3 ma3 li3
Somalia
索马里亚索馬里亞suo3 ma3 li3 ya4
variant of 索馬利亞|索马利亚
塔里木塔里木ta3 li3 mu4
the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang
塔里木河塔里木河ta3 li3 mu4 he2
Tarim River of Xinjiang
塔里木盆地塔里木盆地ta3 li3 mu4 pen2 di4
Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang
太麻里太麻里tai4 ma2 li3
Taimali township in Taitung county 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
太麻里乡太麻里鄉tai4 ma2 li3 xiang1
Taimali township in Taitung county 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
汤加里罗湯加里羅tang1 jia1 li3 luo2
Tongariro, volcanic area on North Island, New Zealand
糖醋里脊糖醋里脊tang2 cu4 li3 ji3
sweet and sour pork
特里尔特里爾te4 li3 er3
Trier (city in Germany)
特里普拉特里普拉te4 li3 pu3 la1
Tripura (Indian state)
特里萨特里薩te4 li3 sa4
Teresa; Theresa (name)
特内里费特內里費te4 nei4 li3 fei4
Tenerife
腾格里沙漠騰格里沙漠teng2 ge2 li3 sha1 mo4
Tengger Desert
提克里特提克里特ti2 ke4 li3 te4
Tikrit
桶里射鱼桶裡射魚tong3 li3 she4 yu2
to shoot fish in a barrel; to attempt sth too easy
头里頭里tou2 li3
in front; in advance of the field
土里土气土裡土氣tu3 li3 tu3 qi4
unsophisticated; rustic; uncouth
托里托里tuo1 li3
Toli county in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区, Xinjiang
托里拆利托里拆利tuo1 li3 chai1 li4
Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, colleague of Galileo
托里县托里縣tuo1 li3 xian4
Toli county in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区, Xinjiang
瓦尔基里瓦爾基里wa3 er3 ji1 li3
valkyrie
瓦里斯瓦里斯wa3 li3 si1
Wallis (name); John Wallis (1616-1703), English mathematician, precursor of Newton
瓦西里瓦西里wa3 xi1 li3
Vasily (name)
瓦西里耶维奇瓦西里耶維奇wa3 xi1 li3 ye1 wei2 qi2
Vasilievich (name)
湾里灣裡wan1 li3
Wanli district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
湾里区灣裡區wan1 li3 qu1
Wanli district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
万里萬里wan4 li3
Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician
万里萬里wan4 li3
Wanli township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
万里萬里wan4 li3
far away; thousands of miles; 10000 li
万里长城萬里長城wan4 li3 chang2 cheng2
the Great Wall
万里长江萬里長江wan4 li3 chang2 jiang1
Changjiang River; Yangtze River
万里江山萬里江山wan4 li3 jiang1 shan1
lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains; a vast territory (idiom)
万里乡萬里鄉wan4 li3 xiang1
Wanli township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
往泥里踩往泥裡踩wang3 ni4 li3 cai3
to belittle; to attack sb
往死里往死裡wang3 si3 li3
(coll.) (to beat etc) to death
往心里去往心裡去wang3 xin1 li5 qu4
to take sth to heart; to take sth seriously
窝里斗窩裡鬥wo1 li5 dou4
internal strife (family, group, etc)
窝里反窩裡反wo1 li5 fan3
see 窩裡鬥|窝里斗
窝里横窩裡橫wo1 li5 heng4
(coll.) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home
乌里雅苏台烏里雅蘇台wu1 li3 ya3 su1 tai2
Uliastai, the Qing name for outer Mongolia
乌苏里江烏蘇里江wu1 su1 li3 jiang1
Ussuri River
乌苏里斯克烏蘇里斯克wu1 su1 li3 si1 ke4
Ussuriisk city in Russian Pacific Primorsky region; previous names include 雙城子|双城子 and Voroshilov 伏羅希洛夫|伏罗希洛夫
舞水端里舞水端里wu3 shui3 duan1 li3
Musudan-ri, North Korean rocket launch site in North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道|咸镜北道
雾里看花霧里看花wu4 li3 kan4 hua1
lit. to look at flowers in the fog (idiom); fig. blurred vision
希拉里希拉里xi1 la1 li3
Hillary (name); Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
希拉里·克林顿希拉里·克林頓xi1 la1 li3 - ke4 lin2 dun4
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
西里尔西里爾xi1 li3 er3
Cyril (name); Saint Cyril, 9th century Christian missionary; Cyrillic
西里尔字母西里爾字母xi1 li3 er3 zi4 mu3
Cyrillic alphabet; Cyrillic letters
西里西亚西里西亞xi1 li3 xi1 ya4
Silesia
稀里光当稀里光當xi1 li5 guang1 dang1
thin; diluted
稀里糊涂稀裏糊塗xi1 li5 hu2 tu5
muddleheaded; careless
稀里哗啦稀裡嘩啦xi1 li5 hua1 la1
(onom.) rustling sound; sound of rain or of sth falling down; in disorder; completely smashed; badly battered; broken to pieces
西西里西西里xi1 xi1 li3
Sicily; Sicilia (Italian Island)
西西里岛西西里島xi1 xi1 li3 dao3
Sicily
香格里拉香格里拉xiang1 ge2 li3 la1
Shangri-La (mythical location); Shangri-La town and county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州, northwest Yunnan; formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸 in Tibetan province of Kham
香格里拉县香格里拉縣xiang1 ge2 li3 la1 xian4
Shangri-La county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州, northwest Yunnan; formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸 in Tibetan province of Kham
乡里鄉里xiang1 li3
one's home town or village
小里小气小裡小氣xiao3 li5 xiao3 qi4
stingy; petty
笑里藏刀笑裡藏刀xiao4 li3 cang2 dao1
lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom); friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions; when the fox preaches, look to the geese
to know the score (idiom); to be well aware of the situation
心里心裡xin1 li5
chest; heart; mind
心里话心裡話xin1 li5 hua4
(to express one's) true feelings; what is on one's mind; secret mind
心里美萝卜心裡美蘿蔔xin1 li5 mei3 luo2 bo5
Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable
心里有鬼心裡有鬼xin1 li5 you3 gui3
to have secret motives; to have a guilty conscience
行百里者半九十行百里者半九十xing2 bai3 li3 zhe3 ban4 jiu3 shi2
lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom); fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets; a task is not done until it's done