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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

哪里 [nǎli]
  1. 1. pronoun [用于问处所]
    你住在哪里
    Where do you live?
  2. 2. pronoun [指任何地方]
    游牧民族总是哪里有水,就迁往哪里
    Nomads always move to wherever there is water.
  3. 3. pronoun [指某一地方]
    我们应该在哪里见过。
    I'm sure we've met somewhere before.
  4. 4. pronoun [用于反问]
    哪里去过美国?
    When was I supposed to have gone to America?
    哪里会弹钢琴?
    How is he supposed to be able to play the piano?
  5. 5. pronoun [谦]
    哪里哪里,你过奖了。
    No, no, it was nothing.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

哪里 [nǎli]
  1. 1. 问处所
    这孩子跑到哪里去了?
  2. 2. 表示对处所的虚指或泛指
    好像在哪里见过你
    我今天一天都在家,哪里也没有去过。
  3. 3. 用在反问句里,表示否定
    哪里知道你会来得这么早?
  4. 4. 谦词,表示对自己褒奖的婉转推辞
    "多亏了您,帮我解决了一个大难题。""哪里哪里,我不过是做了点应该做的事。"

Examples

哪里有压迫,哪里就有反抗。
Where there is oppression, there is resistance.
哪里最艰苦就在哪里
go and work where the work is hardest
你对我们帮助很大。-哪里哪里
You gave us a lot of help. —It was nothing.
你的英语说得真好。-哪里哪里
You speak very good English. —I'm flattered.
哪里哪里,你过奖了。
No, no, it was nothing.
哪里深,哪里浅,都还不摸头。
哪里跌倒,就在哪里爬起来
哪里有利可图,他就往哪里伸腿。

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