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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 里
[lǐ]
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1.
noun
[反面]
inside
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裤子里儿
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trouser lining
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2.
noun
[里边]
inner
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里屋
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inner room
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3.
noun
[街坊]
neighbour (英)
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4.
noun
[街坊]
neighbor (美)
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邻里
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neighbourhood (英)
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5.
noun
[街坊]
neighborhood (美)
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6.
noun
[家乡]
hometown
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故里
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birthplace
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7.
preposition
in
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屋子里
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in the room
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8.
adverb
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这里
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here
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那里
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there
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9.
measure word
unit of length, equal to 500 metres
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 里
[lǐ]
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1.
名
众人聚居的地方
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邻里
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里巷。
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2.
名
古代户籍管理的一级组织，一般以二十五家为一里。
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3.
量
市制长度单位，150丈为1市里。1市里合500米。
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4.
名
家乡
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故里
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乡里。
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5.
名
衣服被褥等的内层；纺织品的反面
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衣服里儿
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被里
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这种布不容易分出里儿和面儿。
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6.
名
一定的界限以内；内部
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里三层，外三层
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里应外合
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里院。
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Examples
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白糖放在热水里要比放在冷水里更可溶。
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Sugar is more soluble in hot water than in cold water.
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在院子里磨车时，他竟然拐进了路边的花坛里。
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When turning the bicycle in the yard, he unexpectedly turned into the border at the roadside.
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在小公司里当个总经理，比在大公司里当部门经理更能锻炼人的管理才能，所以他“宁为鸡口，无为牛后”。
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A person's managerial ability will improve more as a general manager of a small company than as a department manager in a big one. He therefore chose to be the beak of a chicken than the rump of an ox.
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坐在狗拉的扒犁上在雪地里滑行，是北方冬季里最有趣的运动。
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Sleighing over the snow is the most interesting sport in the north in winter.
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衣服放到甩干机里甩干后，再晾在有暖气的房间里，很快就能干。
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Put the clothes into a drier, then hang them in a heated room, they will soon dry.
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矿井里发生了塌方，工人们都从通风口里逃生了。
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The mine pit caved in, and the workers escaped via the air vent.
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过道里放满了自行车，碍手碍脚的。
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The corridor is crowded with bikes which get in everybody's way.
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大军在那片树林里安营造饭。
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The army camped in the forest and started to prepare food.
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暗地里做了些不可告人的事
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do something secretly which cannot be told to anybody
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暗地里捣鬼
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secretly make trouble
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