lǐ
lining
interior
inside
internal
also written 裏|里[li3]
lǐ
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
neighborhood
ancient administrative unit of 25 families
(Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
zhè lǐ
variant of 這裡|这里[zhe4 li3]
nǎ lǐ
where?
somewhere
anywhere
wherever
nowhere (negative answer to question)
humble expression denying compliment
nǎ lǐ
where?
somewhere
anywhere
wherever
nowhere (negative answer to question)
humble expression denying compliment
also written 哪裡|哪里
shǒu lǐ
in hand
(a situation is) in sb's hands
Ā lǐ bā bā
Alibaba, PRC e-commerce company
Ā lǐ Bā bā
Ali Baba, character from The Arabian Nights
nà li
there
that place
also written 那裡|那里
Dà lǐ
Tali or Dali city in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan
zì lǐ háng jiān
between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning
connotations
Lǐ sī běn
Lisbon, capital of Portugal
Ā lǐ
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
Dào lǐ
Daoli district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang
qiān lǐ
a thousand miles
a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers)
a long distance
Bā lǐ
Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
Suǒ mǎ lǐ
variant of 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3]
Somalia
gǔ zi lǐ
what sb feels (or knows etc) in his bones (derog.)
private understanding between individuals (derog.)
xiāng lǐ
one's home town or village
Xī xī lǐ
Sicily
Sicilia (Italian Island)
Bù lǐ
Buli or Puli town in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan
Lǐ áng
Lyon, French city on the Rhône
yīng lǐ
mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km.)
yè lǐ
during the night
at night
nighttime
Sī lǐ lán kǎ
Sri Lanka
(formerly) Ceylon
Mǎn zhōu lǐ
Manzhouli county level city, Mongolian Manzhuur xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia
àn dì li
secretly
inwardly
on the sly
Lǐ gēn
Reagan (name)
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), US president (1981-1989)
Dé lǐ
Delhi
New Delhi, capital of India
same as 新德里[Xin1 De2 li3]
Wàn Lǐ
Wan Li (1916-), PRC politician
Wàn lǐ
Wanli township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
wàn lǐ
far away
thousands of miles
10000 li
Fù lǐ
Fuli township in Hualien county 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 xian4], east Taiwan
Tǎ lǐ mù
the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang
Xiāng gé lǐ lā
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[Dí qìng Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Yunnan
formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhōng diàn] in Tibetan province of Kham
xiē sī dǐ lǐ
hysteria (loanword)
hysterical
Jiǔ lǐ
Liuli district of Xuzhou city 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu
qiān lǐ mǎ
lit. ten thousand mile horse
fine steed
Mǎ dé lǐ
variant of 馬德里|马德里[Ma3 de2 li3], Madrid
lǐ chéng
mileage (distance traveled)
course (of development)
zuǐ lǐ
mouth
in the mouth
on one's lips
speech
words
Tǎ lǐ mù pén dì
Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang
xīn li huà
(to express one's) true feelings
what is on one's mind
secret mind
Hú lǐ
Huli district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[Xia4 men2 shi4] (Amoy), Fujian
Dào lǐ qū
Daoli district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang
sǐ lǐ táo shēng
mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape
to survive by the skin of one's teeth
Shuǐ lǐ
Shuili township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan
Xī lā lǐ
Hillary (person name)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician, First lady during Bill Clinton's presidency 1993-2001, Senator for New York since 2001, US Secretary of state from 2009
lǐ rén
person from the same village, town or province
peasant (derog.)
(of a school of thought etc) follower
Sān lǐ tún
Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
Xīn Dé lǐ
New Delhi, capital of India
biǎo lǐ
the outside and the inside
one's outward show and inner thoughts
exterior and interior
Sān lǐ hé
Sanlihe (Beijing street name)
wù lǐ kàn huā
lit. to look at flowers in the fog (idiom); fig. blurred vision
Hú lǐ qū
Huli district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[Xia4 men2 shi4] (Amoy), Fujian
Ā lǐ láng
Arirang 아리랑, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo dynasty
Arirang, series of Korean earth observation space satellites
Huáng jiā Mǎ dé lǐ
Real Madrid (soccer team)
lā lǐ
lari (currency of Georgia)
Hé píng lǐ
Hepingli neighborhood of Beijing
lǐ yuē
agreement between the residents of a 里[li3], an administrative district under a city or town (Taiwan)
Ā lǐ shān
Alishan, mountain in Taiwan
Ā lǐ shān
Alishan, mountain range in Taiwan
Kǎi lǐ
Kaili city in Guizhou, capital of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州
Yà lǐ shì duō dé
Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher
Tuō lǐ
Toli county in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Tǎ chéng dì qū], Xinjiang
hú lǐ hú tū
confused
vague
indistinct
muddle-headed
mixed up
in a daze
hú lǐ hú tū
confused
vague
indistinct
muddle-headed
mixed up
in a daze
Kě kě xī lǐ
Hoh Xil or Kekexili, vast nature reserve on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2]
Bù lǐ sī bān
Brisbane, capital of Queensland, Australia
Hòu lǐ
Houli township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan
Yuàn lǐ
Yuanli town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
Wān lǐ
Wanli district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
Qī lǐ hé
Qilihe District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu
Fù lǐ yè
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier (French mathematician, 1768-1830)
Méi lǐ xuě shān
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[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
Yù lǐ
Yuli town in Hualien county 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 xian4], east Taiwan
Sà lǐ
Surrey (county in England)
bǎi lǐ tiāo yī
one in a hundred
cream of the crop
jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou
to look for bones in an egg
to find fault
to nitpick (idiom)
huá lǐ
li (Chinese unit of distance)
méng zài gǔ lǐ
variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓里[meng2 zai4 gu3 li3]
méng zài gǔ lǐ
(lit.) kept inside a drum (idiom); completely in the dark
nǎ li nǎ li
there is nothing to pardon
you flatter me
lǐ lòng
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
Kè lǐ sī dì ān
Kristian or Christian (name)
Dà lǐ shì
Tali or Dali city in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan
Jiā lǐ
Chiali town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
Tài má lǐ
Taimali township in Taitung county 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 xian4], southeast Taiwan
yī rì qiān lǐ
lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
Kǎ ěr jiā lǐ
Calgary, largest city of Alberta, Canada
xī li huā lā
(onom.) rustling sound
sound of rain or of sth falling down
in disorder
completely smashed
badly battered
broken to pieces
biǎo lǐ rú yī
external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom); to say what one means
to think and act as one
Jī lǐ bā sī
Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands)
Jū lǐ fū ren
Maria Skłodowska-Curie or Marie Curie (1867-1934), double Nobel prize-winner in Physics 1903 and Chemistry 1911
qíng kōng wàn lǐ
a clear and boundless sky
Bù lǐ zhèn
Buli or Puli town in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan
Kǎi lǐ shì
Kaili city in Guizhou, capital of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州
Lóng lǐ
Longli county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qián nán zhōu], Guizhou
bù yuǎn qiān lǐ
make light of traveling a thousand li
go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
zuǒ lín yòu lǐ
see 左鄰右舍|左邻右舍[zuo3 lin2 you4 she4]
dǎ xīn yǎn li
from the bottom of one's heart
heartily
sincerely
Mǎ lǐ yà nà qún dǎo
Mariana islands in Pacific
biǎo lǐ bù yī
outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems
saying one thing but meaning sth different
Ā lǐ dì qū
Ngari prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Mnga' ris sa khul
Qī lǐ hé qū
Qilihe district of Lanzhou city 蘭州市|兰州市[Lán zhōu shì], Gansu
Lǐ gǎng
Likang township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
dú wàn juǎn shū , xíng wàn lǐ lù
see 行萬裡路,讀萬卷書|行万里路,读万卷书[xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juǎn shū]
Bā lǐ xiāng
Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
Wān lǐ qū
Wanli district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
Bā lǐ kūn
Barkol Kazakh autonomous county or Barköl Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Hā mì dì qū], Xinjiang
Wàn lǐ Cháng jiāng
Changjiang river
Yangtze river
Mǎn zhōu lǐ shì
Manzhouli county level city, Mongolian Manzhuur xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia
Píng ān lǐ
Ping'an Li (street name in Beijing)
péng chéng wàn lǐ
the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom)
one's future prospects are brilliant
Xī lā lǐ · Kè lín dùn
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician, First lady during Bill Clinton's presidency 1993-2001, Senator for New York since 2001, US Secretary of state from 2009
Bù lǐ sī tuō ěr
Bristol port city in southwest England
xiào lǐ cáng dāo
lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom); friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions
when the fox preaches, look to the geese
róng guī gù lǐ
to return home with honor
Mò suǒ lǐ ní
Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian fascist dictator, "Il Duce", president 1922-1943
Xiāng gé lǐ lā xiàn
Shangri-La county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Dí qìng Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Yunnan
formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhōng diàn] in Tibetan province of Kham
tóu lǐ
in front
in advance of the field
qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī Shī
lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xī shī] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Wàn lǐ xiāng
Wanli township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
Yù lǐ zhèn
Yuli town in Hualien county 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 xian4], east Taiwan
shí lǐ yáng chǎng
the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements
(fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city
dūn gōng lǐ
ton-kilometer (unit of capacity of transport system)
Shuǐ lǐ xiāng
Shuili township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan
Hòu lǐ xiāng
Houli township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan
Jiā lǐ zhèn
Chiali town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
Ā lǐ shān xiāng
Alishan township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], within the Alishan Range, south-central Taiwan
Yuàn lǐ zhèn
Yuanli town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
Fù lǐ xiāng
Fuli township in Hualien county 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 xian4], east Taiwan
Mó gēn · Fú lǐ màn
Morgan Freeman, American actor
Jiǔ lǐ qū
Liuli district of Xuzhou city 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu
wàn lǐ jiāng shān
lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains
a vast territory (idiom)
xīn lǐ yǎng yang
lit. itchy heart
to be itching to do sth (idiom)
Ōu jǐ lǐ dé
Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author of Elements 幾何原本|几何原本
Lǐ jiǎ nà
Regina city, capital of Saskatchewan province, Canada
qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué
An ant hole causing the collapse of a great dike.
Huge damage from a moment's negligence. (idiom)
lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐ
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
Tài má lǐ xiāng
Taimali township in Taitung county 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 xian4], southeast Taiwan
Sī wǎ xī lǐ yǔ
Swahili (language)
Kiswahili
Kè lǐ mù
Crimea
the Crimean peninsula
Ōu jǐ lǐ dé
Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author Elements 幾何原本|几何原本
Jiā lǐ màn dān
Kalimantan (Indonesian part of the island of Borneo)
Dì lí bō lǐ
Tripoli, capital of Libya
Tripoli, city in north Lebanon
huà lǐ yǒu huà
to have hidden meaning
implication
more than just the apparent meaning
something hinted
Hā lǐ fā
Khalīfah or Caliph (Arabic: successor), head of state in Caliphate
Zā ěr dá lǐ
Asif Ali Zardari (1956-), Pakistani People's Party politician, widower of murdered Benazir Bhutto, president of Pakistan from 2008
mián lǐ cáng zhēn
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
Méi lǐ sī
Meilisi Daur district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
Lóng lǐ xiàn
Longli county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qián nán zhōu], Guizhou
Lǐ qí méng
Richmond (place name or surname)
Lǐ gǎng xiāng
Likang township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
biān pì rù lǐ
penetrated
trenchant
incisive
Xiè lǐ fū
Sharif (name)
Nawaz Sharif (1949-), Pakistani politician
Tuō lǐ xiàn
Toli county in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Tǎ chéng dì qū], Xinjiang
Èr lǐ tou
Erlitou (Xia dynasty 夏朝 archaeological site at Yanshi 偃师 in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan)
yuǎn gé qiān lǐ
thousands of miles away
far away
Bā lǐ kūn xiàn
Barkol Kazakh autonomous county or Barköl Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Hā mì dì qū], Xinjiang
Ā sī tú lǐ yà sī
Asturias, northwest Spanish autonomous principality on the bay of Biscay
ancient Spanish kingdom from which the reconquista was based
pī li pā la
variant of 批哩啪啦[pī li pā la]
pī li pā la
variant of 批哩啪啦[pī li pā la]
qiān lǐ sòng é máo
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
Jiā lǐ níng gé lè
Kaliningrad, town on Baltic now in Russian republic
formerly Königsberg, capital of East Prussia
Kè lǐ sī tīng · Bèi ěr
Christian Bale (1974-), English actor
guài lǐ guài qì
eccentric
odd-looking
peculiar
Qiáo gē lǐ fēng
K2, Mt Qogir or Chogori in Karakorum section of Himalayas
chuāi zài huái lǐ
to tuck into one's bosom
also written 搋在懷裡|搋在怀里
Bào dé lǐ yà
Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007), French cultural theorist and philosopher
jiē fang lín lǐ
neighbors
the whole neighborhood
Mǎ lǐ yà nà hǎi gōu
Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)
gǔ lǐ gǔ guài
quaint
odd and picturesque
weird and wonderful
Ào lǐ sà bāng
Orissa, eastern Indian state bordering Bangladesh
chā zhī háo lí , shī zhī qiān lǐ
the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom)
a miss is as good as a mile
Āi lǐ wēn
Yerevan, capital of Armenia 亞美尼亞|亚美尼亚[Yà měi ní yà] in the Caucasus
Jiā lǐ màn dān dǎo
Kalimantan island (Indonesian name for Borneo island)
Méi lǐ měi
Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870), French scholar and writer, author of novel Carmen on which Bizet based his opera
Kǎ lā bù lǐ yà
Calabria, southernmost Italian province
Lǐ kè tè
Richter (name)
Charles Francis Richter (1900-1985), US physicist and seismologist, after whom the Richter scale is named
xīn li měi luó bo
Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable
chā zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ
the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom)
a miss is as good as a mile
lǐ chéng jì
speedometer (of a vehicle)
xī lǐ ěr zì mǔ
Cyrillic alphabet
Cyrillic letters
Jié lǐ kē
Jericho (town in West Bank)
Chē lǐ yǎ bīn sī kè
Chelyabinsk town on the eastern flanks of Ural, on trans-Siberian railway
xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juǎn shū
Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiom)
Bā lǐ kūn Hā sà kè zì zhì xiàn
Barkol Kazakh autonomous county or Barköl Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Hā mì dì qū], Xinjiang
Mù lǐ Zàng zú zì zhì xiàn
Muli Tibetan autonomous county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liáng shān Yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan
lǐ bian r
erhua variant of 裡邊|里边[li3 bian5]
Bó lǐ kè lì
Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war
shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐ
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
Ōu lǐ bì dé sī
Euripides (c. 480-406 BC), Greek tragedian, author of Medea, Trojan Women etc
Wǎ lǐ sī
Wallis (name)
John Wallis (1616-1703), English mathematician, precursor of Newton
Ā lǐ sī tuō fēn
Aristophanes (c. 448-380 BC), Greek comic playwright
Kē nà kè lǐ
Conakry, capital of Guinea
Pà lā mǎ lǐ bó
Paramaribo, capital of Suriname
qū lǐ guǎi wān
winding and turning (idiom)
Jiā lǐ bō dì
Guiseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), Italian military commander and politician
Sà lǐ jùn
Surrey (county in south England)
Tuō lǐ chāi lì
Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, colleague of Galileo
Méi lǐ sī Dá wò ěr zú qū
Meilisi Daur district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
Fú lǐ dūn
Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone
Dà bù lǐ shì
Tabriz city in northwest Iran, capital of Iranian East Azerbaijan
Wū sū lǐ sī kè
Ussuriisk city in Russian Pacific Primorsky region
previous names include 雙城子|双城子[Shuang1 cheng2 zi5] and Voroshilov 伏羅希洛夫|伏罗希洛夫
Bā lǐ kūn cǎo yuán
Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang
Méi lǐ sī qū
Meilisi Daur district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
Wū lǐ yǎ sū tái
Uliastai, the Qing name for outer Mongolia
wàn lǐ zhuī zōng
to pursue for ten thousand miles
Mǔ shuǐ duān lǐ
Musudan-ri, North Korean rocket launch site in North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道|咸镜北道[Xián jìng běi dào]
zhuǎn zhàn qiān lǐ
fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom); constant fighting across the country
never-ending struggle
xíng wàn lǐ lù shèng dú wàn juǎn shū
to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books
Pǔ lǐ shí dì nà
Pristina, capital of Kosovo 科索沃
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
Chūn wǔ lǐ fǔ
Chonburi province of east Thailand
Bù lǐ qí dùn
Bridgetown, capital of Barbados
Gān bā lǐ
Professor Ibrahim Gambari (1944-), Nigerian scholar and diplomat, ambassador to UN 1990-1999, UN envoy to Burma from 2007
lǐ chū wài jìn
uneven
in disorder
everything sticking out
Ā hè dì sà lǐ
Martti Ahtisaari (1937-), Finnish diplomat and politician, veteran peace negotiator and 2008 Nobel peace laureate
è shì chuán qiān lǐ
evil deeds spread a thousand miles (idiom); scandal spreads like wildfire
Kè lǐ pǔ sī
Cripps (name)
Sir Stafford Cripps (1889-1952), UK socialist politician
xíng qiān lǐ lù , dú wàn juǎn shū
see 行萬裡路,讀萬卷書|行万里路,读万卷书[xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juǎn shū]
Kù lǐ tí bā
Curitiba (city in Brazil)
Fú léi dé lǐ kè dùn
Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick, Canada
qiān lǐ é máo
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it
also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2]
hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ
lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles
a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
Lǐ xī tè huò fēn
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
Hàn téng gé lǐ fēng
Khan Tengri or Mt Hantengri on the border between Xinjiang and Kazakhstan
Ā qí lǐ sī
Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad
Fēng xī lǐ
P'unggye in Kilju county, North Hamgyeong province, the North Korean nuclear test site
Zhèng Yì lǐ
Zheng Yili (1906-2002), translator, editor and lexicographer, creator of the Zheng coding
Kè lǐ mù bàn dǎo
Crimea
the Crimean peninsula
Āi fū bó lǐ
Avebury (stone circle near Stonehenge)
shī zhī háo lí , chà yǐ qiān lǐ
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
Fú lǐ dé lǐ xī · Xí lè
Friedrich Schiller or Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist
ǎi zi li bá jiāng jūn
lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs
fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)
yóu kè lǐ lǐ qín
ukulele
traditional form also written 烏克麗麗
Ēn lǐ kē · Fèi mǐ
Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Italian born US nuclear physicist
Suǒ mǎ lǐ yà
variant of 索馬利亞|索马利亚[Suo3 ma3 li4 ya4]
Dōng cāng lǐ
Dongchang-ni, North Korean missile launch site on Yellow Sea, 70 km from Chinese border
Tāng jiā lǐ luó
Tongariro, volcanic area on North Island, New Zealand
Dà wū sū lǐ dǎo
Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk
same as Heixiazi Island 黑瞎子島|黑瞎子岛
Yóu lǐ sī · Yī wén sī
Joris Ivens (1898-1989), Dutch documentary filmmaker and committed communist
Shèng dé kè xù bèi lǐ
(Antoine de) Saint-Exupéry
Bù lǐ tǎn ní
Brittany (France)
Bretagne
Jié fú lǐ Qiáo sǒu
Geoffrey Chaucer (English author)
Qiáo gé lǐ fēng
K2, Mt Qogir or Chogori in Karakorum section of Himalayas
also written 喬戈里峰|乔戈里峰
Dà má lǐ
Damali or Tamali township in Taitung county 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 xian4], southeast Taiwan
same as Taimali 太麻里[Tai4 ma2 li3]
Ā wǎ lǐ dé
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
Suǒ fú kè lǐ sī
Sophocles (496-406 BC), Greek playwright
lǐ gōu wài lián
to act from inside in coordination with attackers outside
attacked from both inside and out
Hā lǐ fā dì guó
Caliphate (Islamic empire formed after the death of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德 in 632)
Lǐ wǎ jī yà tiáo yuē
draft unequal treaty of Livadia (Crimea) of 1879 between Russia and Qing China, subsequently renegotiated
qiān lǐ jì é máo
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
Sài wéi lǐ nuò
(Jean-Michel) Severino, CEO of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
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.
Méi lǐ yà mǔ · Wéi bó sī tè
Merriam-Webster (dictionary)
Fú luò lǐ sī dǎo
Flores, Indonesia
also written 弗洛勒斯島|弗洛勒斯岛 [Fú lùo lēi sī dǎo]
Kè lǐ sī dì ān sōng
Kristiansund (city in Norway)
Sī lǐ Bā jiā wān gǎng
Bandar Seri Begawan, capital of Brunei
Bù lǐ sī tuō ěr hǎi xiá
Bristol channel in southwest England
Jiā bó lóng lǐ
Gaborone, capital of Botswana (Tw)
tǒng lǐ shè yú
to shoot fish in a barrel
to attempt sth too easy
Gé lǐ mǔ sī tǎ
Grimstad (city in Agder, Norway)
Suǒ ěr zī bó lǐ shí huán
Stonehenge
Salisbury stone circle
Nà dé Ā lǐ
Nad Ali, town in Helmand province, Afghanistan
sāng tuō lǐ ní dǎo
Santorini (volcanic island in the Aegean sea)
Kǎi qiàn · Fú lǐ màn
Cathy Freeman, Australian sprinter
qíng rén yǎn lǐ yǒu Xī Shī
In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
lǐ jìn wài chū
too many people coming and going (idiom)
lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng , qiān lǐ sòng é máo
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.
Ào lǐ lǐ yà
Aurelia, a hypothetical planet
mài kē lǐ
(Mike) McCurry (White House spokesperson)
méng zài gǔ lǐ
variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓里[meng2 zai4 gu3 li3]
huà lǐ tào huà
to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information
to touch upon other matters not central to the topic being discussed
Dà má lǐ xiāng
Damali or Tamali township in Taitung county 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 xian4], southeast Taiwan
same as Taimali 太麻里[Tai4 ma2 li3]
Bó kè lǐ kè qiān fó dòng
Paziklike thousand-Buddha grotto in the Turpan basin, Xinjiang
Péi lǐ kè lì sī
Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war
also written 伯裡克利|伯里克利[Bó lǐ kè lì]
bō sī lǐ yà
Bosnia (former Yugoslavia)
Yī lǐ gé ruì
Irigaray (psychoanalyst, feminist)
hā lǐ sēn shǐ mì tè
Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 1 7 astronaut)
rèn zhī shén jīng xīn lǐ xué
cognitive neuropsychology
mài kē lǐ
(Mike) McCurry (White House spokesperson)
Ā lǐ sī tuō fāng
Aristophanes (c. 448-380 BC), Greek comic playwright
chuāi zài huái lǐ
to tuck into one's bosom
also written 揣在懷裡|揣在怀里
wō li hèng
(coll.) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home
wō li dòu
internal strife (family, group, etc)
hú li hú tú
confused
vague
indistinct
muddle-headed
mixed up
in a daze
hú li hú tú
variant of 糊裡糊塗|糊里糊涂[hu2 li5 hu2 tu2]
wō li fǎn
see 窩裡鬥|窝里斗[wo1 li5 dou4]
yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi
can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom)
unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind
not prepared to turn a blind eye
kàn zài yǎn li
to observe
to take it all in
Dì lí bō lǐ
Tripoli, capital of Libya
Tripoli, city in north Lebanon
Dì lǐ yǎ sī tè
Trieste, port city in Italy
Bǎi lǐ
two-character surname Baili
yóu biǎo jí lǐ
to proceed from the outside to the inside
to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance
Suǒ fú kè lǐ sī
Sophocles (496-406 BC), Greek playwright
mián lǐ cáng zhēn
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
Sà lǐ jùn
Surrey (county in south England)
Sà lǐ
Surrey (county in England)
hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yào
what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?
what's going on?
Yè lǐ wēn
Yerevan, capital of Armenia (Tw)
Wàn Lǐ
Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician
Mò lǐ āi
Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy
Yīng lǐ
mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km)
Wǔ shuǐ duān lǐ
Musudan-ri, North Korean rocket launch site in North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道|咸镜北道[Xian2 jing4 bei3 dao4]
lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐ
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
Gān bā lǐ
Professor Ibrahim Gambari (1944-), Nigerian scholar and diplomat, ambassador to UN 1990-1999, UN envoy to Burma from 2007
Wǎ lǐ sī
Wallis (name)
John Wallis (1616-1703), English mathematician, precursor of Newton
Sāng tuō lǐ ní Dǎo
Santorini (volcanic island in the Aegean sea)
Gé lǐ gāo lì
Gregory or Grigory (name)
Kē nà kè lǐ
Conakry, capital of Guinea (Tw)
Chá kè · Nuò lǐ sī
Chuck Norris (1940-), American martial artist and actor
Guǒ gē lǐ
Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852), Russian author and dramatist
Mù lǐ Zàng zú zì zhì xiàn
Muli Tibetan autonomous county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], south Sichuan
qíng kōng wàn lǐ
a clear and boundless sky
Pǔ lǐ shí dì nà
Pristina, capital of Kosovo 科索沃
Pǔ lì tuō lǐ yà
Pretoria, capital of South Africa (Tw)
Sī kē pǔ lǐ
Skopje, capital of Macedonia
Sī wǎ xī lǐ yǔ
Swahili (language)
Kiswahili
Méi lǐ yà mǔ · Wéi bó sī tè
Merriam-Webster (dictionary)
gǒu zuǐ li tǔ bù chū xiàng yá
no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel
Mǎn zhōu lǐ shì
Manzhouli county level city, Mongolian Manzhuur xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia
Mǎn zhōu lǐ
Manzhouli county level city, Mongolian Manzhuur xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia
jué shèng qiān lǐ
to be able to plan victory from a thousand miles away (idiom)
Hán téng gé lǐ Fēng
Khan Tengri or Mt Hantengri on the border between Xinjiang and Kazakhstan
Lóng lǐ xiàn
Longli county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qian2 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou
xuě lǐ hóng
potherb mustard
Brassica juncea var. crispifolia
jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou
to look for bones in an egg
to find fault
to nitpick (idiom)
Ā lǐ Shān
Alishan township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan
Ā hè dì sà lǐ
Martti Ahtisaari (1937-), Finnish diplomat and politician, veteran peace negotiator and 2008 Nobel peace laureate
Ā wǎ lǐ dé
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
lǐ yàn
common saying
folk proverb
Lǐ yuē
Rio
abbr. for 里約熱內盧|里约热内卢[Li3 yue1 re4 nei4 lu2]
lǐ shè
village shrine to the earth god
Lǐ wǎ jī yà Tiáo yuē
Treaty of Livadia (1879) between Russia and China, relating to territory in Chinese Turkistan, renegotiated in 1881 (Treaty of St. Petersburg)
xuě lǐ hóng
potherb mustard
Brassica juncea var. crispifolia
yún lǐ wù lǐ
amidst the clouds and mist
(fig.) mystified
puzzled
Lóng lǐ
Longli county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qian2 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou
mài kē lǐ
(Mike) McCurry (White House spokesperson)
Mǎ lǐ bó ěr
Maribor, 2nd biggest city in Slovenia
Mǎ lǐ yà nà Qún dǎo
Mariana islands in Pacific
Mǎ lǐ yà nà Hǎi gōu
Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)
Xiāng gé lǐ lā xiàn
Shangri-La county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Yunnan
formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhong1 dian4] in Tibetan province of Kham
Xiāng gé lǐ lā
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[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Yunnan
formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhong1 dian4] in Tibetan province of Kham
Lǐ lǎng wēi
Lilongwe, capital of Malawi (Tw)
Xī lǐ ěr zì mǔ
Cyrillic alphabet
Cyrillic letters
Xī lǐ ěr
Cyril (name)
Saint Cyril, 9th century Christian missionary
Cyrillic
lǐ ji
(tender)loin (of pork, beef etc)
Lǐ Hǎi dì yā
(bird species of China) Pander's ground jay (Podoces panderi)
lǐ shǒu
expert
left-hand side (of a machine)
left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle
lǐ yìng wài hé
to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom)
(fig.) to act together
lǐ zi
lining
(fig.) substance (as opposed to outward appearance)
xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juàn shū
Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiom)
Learn as much as you can and do all you can.
xíng wàn lǐ lù shèng dú wàn juǎn shū
to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books
xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí
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
jì zài xīn li
to keep in mind
to store in one's heart
to remember perfectly
Xiè lǐ fū
Sharif (name)
Nawaz Sharif (1949-), Pakistani politician
Lǐ áng
Lyon, French city on the Rhône
lǐ lā
lira (former Italian etc currency) (loanword)
Mài dù gǔ lǐ
Maiduguri, city in north Nigeria
Dá wū lǐ hán yā
(bird species of China) Daurian jackdaw (Coloeus dauuricus)
Dào lā jí lǐ Fēng
Dhaulagiri, mountain massif in the Himalayas
dú wàn juàn shū , xíng wàn lǐ lù
see 行萬里路,讀萬卷書|行万里路,读万卷书[xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 , du2 wan4 juan4 shu1]
xíng qiān lǐ lù , dú wàn juàn shū
see 行萬里路,讀萬卷書|行万里路,读万卷书[xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 , du2 wan4 juan4 shu1]
Sī kè lǐ yà bīn
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Russian composer and pianist
yè li
during the night
at night
nighttime
Hā lǐ sēn · Shī mì tè
Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17 astronaut)
Jí lǐ bā sī
Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands) (Tw)
chī lǐ pá wài
to work against the interests of sb one derives support from
to double-cross one's employer
to bite the hand that feeds you
chī zhe wǎn lǐ , qiáo zhe guō lǐ
see 吃著碗裡,看著鍋裡|吃着碗里,看着锅里[chi1 zhe5 wan3 li3 , kan4 zhe5 guo1 li3]
chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ
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
Kǎ sī tè lǐ
Castries, capital of Saint Lucia
bàn biǎo bàn lǐ
half outside, half inside
half interior, half exterior
qiān lǐ zhī xíng , shǐ yú zú xià
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step
fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one
hā lǐ fā
(loanword) caliph
also written 哈利發|哈利发[ha1 li4 fa1]
Hā lǐ fā Dì guó
Caliphate (Islamic empire formed after the death of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德 in 632)
Sài wéi lǐ nuò
(Jean-Michel) Severino, CEO of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Péi lǐ kè lì sī
Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war
also written 伯里克利[Bo2 li3 ke4 li4]
Āi lǐ wēn
Yerevan, capital of Armenia 亞美尼亞|亚美尼亚[Ya4 mei3 ni2 ya4]
Kǎn tǎ bù lǐ yà
Cantabria, Spanish autonomous region, capital Santander 桑坦德[Sang1 tan3 de2]
tǔ lǐ tǔ qì
unsophisticated
rustic
uncouth
pī li pā lā
(onom.) to crackle and rattle
to pitter-patter
jī li gū lū
see 嘰哩咕嚕|叽哩咕噜[ji1 li5 gu1 lu1]
Qiáo gé lǐ Fēng
K2, Mt Qogir or Chogori in Karakorum section of Himalayas
also written 喬戈里峰|乔戈里峰
Qiáo gē lǐ Fēng
K2, Mt Qogir or Chogori in Karakorum section of Himalayas
nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐ
you're too kind
you flatter me
qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué
An ant hole causing the collapse of a great dike.
Huge damage from a moment's negligence. (idiom)
Kè lǐ sī tīng · Bèi ěr
Christian Bale (1974-), English actor
Jié fú lǐ · Qiáo sǒu
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集[Kan3 te4 bo2 lei2 Gu4 shi4 Ji2]
Bó lǐ kè lì
Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war
yě hǎo bù dào nǎ lǐ qù
just as bad
not much better
bù zhī jiù lǐ
unaware of the inner workings
naive
unwitting
bù míng jiù lǐ
not to understand the situation
unaware of the ins and outs
Sān lǐ hé
Sanlihe (Beijing street name)
Sān lǐ tún
Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
qī lǐ xiāng
orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata)
"chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt
Kè lǐ sī dì wá
Julia Kristeva (1941-), Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst, philosopher and literary critic
Kè lǐ mù Bàn dǎo
Crimea
the Crimean peninsula
Jiā lǐ màn dān Dǎo
Kalimantan island (Indonesian name for Borneo island)
Jiā lǐ màn dān
Kalimantan (Indonesian part of the island of Borneo)
Jiā lǐ níng gé lè
Kaliningrad, town on Baltic now in Russian republic
formerly Königsberg, capital of East Prussia
pī li pā lā
variant of 噼裡啪啦|噼里啪啦[pi1 li5 pa1 la1]
Kǎi lǐ shì
Kaili city in Guizhou, capital of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州
Kǎi lǐ
Kaili city in Guizhou, capital of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州
Kǎi xī · Fú lǐ màn
Cathy Freeman (1973-), Australian sprinter
Kè lǐ mù Zhàn zhēng
the Crimean War (1853-1856)
Qī lǐ hé Qū
Qilihe District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu
Dà Wū sū lǐ Dǎo
Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk
same as Heixiazi Island 黑瞎子島|黑瞎子岛[Hei1 xia1 zi5 Dao3]
fàng zài yǎn lǐ
to pay attention to
to care about
to attach importance to
xīn lǐ yǒu shù
to know the score (idiom)
to be well aware of the situation
Dé lǐ dá
Jacques Derrida (1930-2004), philosopher
cóng lǐ dào wài
from the inside to the outside
through and through
thoroughly
wǎng xīn li qù
to take sth to heart
to take sth seriously
Fú léi dé lǐ kè dùn
Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick, Canada
Fú lǐ dūn
Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone
Fú lǐ dé lǐ xī · Xí lè
Friedrich Schiller or Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist
Fú luò lǐ sī dǎo
Flores, Indonesia
also written 弗洛勒斯島|弗洛勒斯岛[Fu2 luo4 lei1 si1 dao3]
Kù lǐ tí bā
Curitiba (city in Brazil)
xīn li yǒu guǐ
to have secret motives
to have a guilty conscience
xīn lǐ yǎng yang
lit. itchy heart
to be itching to do sth (idiom)
jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài
all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)
Mó gēn · Fú lǐ màn
Morgan Freeman, American actor
lā lǐ
lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword)
Tuō lǐ xiàn
Toli county in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Ta3 cheng2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Tuō lǐ chāi lì
Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, colleague of Galileo
Tuō lǐ
Toli county in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Ta3 cheng2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Dài kè lǐ xiān
Diocletian (c. 245-311), Roman emperor
qíng rén yǎn lǐ yǒu Xī shī
In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī shī
lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xi1 shi1] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Ēn lǐ kē · Fèi mǐ
Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Italian born US nuclear physicist
xīn li měi luó bo
Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable
Bā lǐ kūn
Barkol Kazakh autonomous county or Barköl Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Ha1 mi4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
chā zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ
the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom)
a miss is as good as a mile
chā zhī háo lí , shī zhī qiān lǐ
the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom)
a miss is as good as a mile
Bā lǐ
Bali (island province of Indonesia) (Tw)
Jū lǐ Fū ren
see 居禮夫人|居礼夫人[Ju1 li3 Fu1 ren5]
Yóu lǐ sī · Yī wén sī
Joris Ivens (1898-1989), Dutch documentary filmmaker and committed communist
yóu kè lǐ lǐ qín
ukulele
traditional form also written 烏克麗麗
rú duò wǔ lǐ wù zhōng
as if lost in a thick fog (idiom)
in a fog
muddled
completely unfamiliar with sth
shī zhī háo lí , chà yǐ qiān lǐ
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐ
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
Bā lǐ kūn Hā sà kè zì zhì xiàn
Barkol Kazakh autonomous county or Barköl Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Ha1 mi4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Bā lǐ kūn xiàn
Barkol Kazakh autonomous county or Barköl Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Ha1 mi4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Píng ān lǐ
Ping'an Li (street name in Beijing)
Pà lā mǎ lǐ bó
Paramaribo, capital of Suriname
Xī lā lǐ · Kè lín dùn
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
Xī lā lǐ
Hillary (name)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
Bù lǔ mǔ sī bó lǐ
Bloomsbury, London district
Bù lǐ sī bān
Brisbane, capital of Queensland, Australia
Bù lǐ sī tuō ěr Hǎi xiá
Bristol Channel in southwest England
Bù lǐ sī tuō ěr
Bristol port city in southwest England
Bù lǐ qí dùn
Bridgetown, capital of Barbados
Bù lǐ tǎn ní
Brittany (France)
Bretagne
Bā lǐ kūn cǎo yuán
Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang
shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses