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- variant of |[li3]
- lining
- interior
- inside
- internal
- also written |[li3]
- Li (surname)
- li (Chinese mile)
- 500 meters (modern)
- home
- hometown
- village
- neighborhood
- administrative unit
Jiǔ- Liuli district of Xuzhou city 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu
Jiā- Chiali town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
- Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
gōng- kilometer
Kǎi- 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
Jiā- Gary (name)
jiā- potassium
qiān- a thousand miles
- a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers)
- a long distance
Hòu- Houli township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan
- Harry or Hari (name)
- where?
- somewhere
- anywhere
- wherever
- nowhere (negative answer to question)
- humble expression denying compliment
- also written 哪裡|
- where?
- somewhere
- anywhere
- wherever
- nowhere (negative answer to question)
- humble expression denying compliment
zuǐ- mouth
- in the mouth
- on one's lips
- speech
- words
- Buli or Puli town in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan
- village
li- during the night
- at night
- nighttime
- Tali or Dali city in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan
jiā- home
- Fuli township in Hualien county 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 xian4], east Taiwan
jiù- inside story
- curie (Ci) (loanword)
- Bali (island province of Indonesia) (Tw)
- Bari (Puglia, Italy)
- Delhi
- New Delhi, capital of India
- same as 新德[Xin1 De2 li3]
xīnli- chest
- heart
- mind
怀huái- embrace
- bosom
shǒu- in hand
- (a situation is) in sb's hands
Tuō- Toli county in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Ta3 cheng2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
- lari (currency of Georgia) (loanword)
- hometown
- native place
xuán- to return home
- daytime
- during the day
Shuǐ- Shuili township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan
hǎi- nautical mile
- Huli district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[Xia4 men2 shi4] (Amoy), Fujian
Wān- Wanli district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
- Yuli town in Hualien county 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 xian4], east Taiwan
Bǎi- two-character surname Baili
Yuàn- Yuanli town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
Yīng- mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km)
huá- li (Chinese unit of distance)
Wàn- Wan Li (1916-), PRC politician
Wàn- Wanli township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
wàn- far away
- thousands of miles
- 10000 li
- Surrey (county in England)
biǎo- the outside and the inside
- one's outward show and inner thoughts
- exterior and interior
wài- inside and out
- or so
zi- lining
dài- inner tube (of tire)
shǒu- expert
- left-hand side (of a machine)
- left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle
Hǎi- Caspian Sea
ji- (tender)loin (of pork, beef etc)
bian- inside
miàn- inside
- interior
tou- inside
- interior
chèn- lining
zhè- variant of 這裡|[zhe4 li3]
zhè- here
Dào- Daoli district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang
li- there
- that place
- also written 那裡|
li- there
- that place
xiāng- one's home town or village
lín- neighbor
- neighborhood
rén- person from the same village, town or province
- peasant (derog.)
- (of a school of thought etc) follower
jiā- Riga, capital of Latvia
xiàng- lane
- alley
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
- lira (former Italian etc currency) (loanword)
áng- Lyon, French city on the Rhône
gēn- Reagan (name)
- Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), US president (1981-1989)
shì- Richter (scale)
gǎng- Likang township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
ěr- Lille (city in France)
shè- village shrine to the earth god
chéng- mileage (distance traveled)
- course (of development)
yuē- Rio
- abbr. for 約熱內盧|约热内卢[Li3 yue1 re4 nei4 lu2]
yuē- agreement between the residents of a [li3], an administrative district under a city or town (Taiwan)
yàn- common saying
- folk proverb
Ā- 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 | 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
tóu- in front
- in advance of the field
- Mali, West Africa
Lóng- Longli county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qian2 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou
- Qilihe District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu
xiāng- orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata)
- "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt
Sāntún- Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
Sān- Sanlihe (Beijing street name)
Jiǔ- Liuli district of Xuzhou city 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu
Èrtou- Erlitou (Xia dynasty 夏朝 archaeological site at Yanshi 偃师 in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan)
- Ilyich or Illich (name)
Jiāzhèn- Chiali town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
- Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier (French mathematician, 1768-1830)
Jié- Jericho (town in West Bank)
Jié- Jeremy (name)
- Crimea
- the Crimean peninsula
- Crete
xiāng- Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
gōngshí- kilometer per hour
Kǎishì- 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
Jiā- Guattari (philosopher)
Bāo- Boris (name)
qiānyǎn- clairvoyance
qiān- lit. ten thousand mile horse
- fine steed
- calorie (loanword)
Hòuxiāng- Houli township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan
píng- Hepingli neighborhood of Beijing
- (loanword) caliph
- also written 哈利發|哈利发[ha1 li4 fa1]
dūngōng- ton-kilometer (unit of capacity of transport system)
xiàli- all around
Āiwēn- Yerevan, capital of Armenia 亞美尼亞|亚美尼亚[Ya4 mei3 ni2 ya4]
zhèn- Buli or Puli town in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan
- the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang
shì- Tali or Dali city in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan
- Damali or Tamali township in Taitung county 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 xian4], southeast Taiwan
- same as Taimali 太麻[Tai4 ma2 li3]
Tài- Taimali township in Taitung county 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 xian4], southeast Taiwan
Ào- Aubrey (name)
- Missouri
xiāng- Fuli township in Hualien county 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 xian4], east Taiwan
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
Dǎo- island of Bali
- Hillary (name)
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
Píngān- Ping'an Li (street name in Beijing)
dūn- Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone
màn- Freeman (surname)
- Jacques Derrida (1930-2004), philosopher
xīnlihuà- (to express one's) true feelings
- what is on one's mind
- secret mind
shǒujiàn- shuriken (throwing star)
Tuōxiàn- Toli county in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Ta3 cheng2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Xīn- New Delhi, capital of India
ànli- secretly
- inwardly
- on the sly
Huìxiàn- Huili county in Sichuan
Dōngcāng- Dongchang-ni, North Korean missile launch site on Yellow Sea, 70 km from Chinese border
Guǒ- Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852), Russian author and dramatist
Méi- Meilisi Daur district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
Méiměi- Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870), French scholar and writer, author of novel Carmen on which Bizet based his opera
Shuǐxiāng- Shuili township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan
- Huli district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[Xia4 men2 shi4] (Amoy), Fujian
滿Mǎnzhōu- Manzhouli county level city, Mongolian Manzhuur xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia
Wān- Wanli district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
zhèn- Yuli town in Hualien county 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 xian4], east Taiwan
西西- Vasily (name)
- Wallis (name)
- John Wallis (1616-1703), English mathematician, precursor of Newton
Gān- Professor Ibrahim Gambari (1944-), Nigerian scholar and diplomat, ambassador to UN 1990-1999, UN envoy to Burma from 2007
bǎixiāng- thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
lifǎn- see 窩裡鬥|[wo1 li5 dou4]
lihèng- (coll.) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home
lidòu- internal strife (family, group, etc)
Suǒ- Soria, Spain
Suǒ- variant of 索馬|索马[Suo3 ma3 li3]
- Somalia
Suǒ- Somalia
bèili- behind sb's back
Yuànzhèn- Yuanli town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
āi- Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy
Lái- Lérida or Lleida, Spain
Wànxiāng- Wanli township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
wēn- Yerevan, capital of Armenia (Tw)
jùn- Surrey (county in south England)
nán- Suriname
wài- all in all
- either way
bianr- erhua variant of 裡邊|[li3 bian5]
西西西西- Sicily
- Sicilia (Italian Island)
西西ěr- Cyril (name)
- Saint Cyril, 9th century Christian missionary
- Cyrillic
Xiè- Sharif (name)
- Nawaz Sharif (1949-), Pakistani politician
Fēng- P'unggye in Kilju county, North Hamgyeong province, the North Korean nuclear test site
Bèi- Belize (Tw)
Dào- Daoli district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang
Zhèng- Zheng Yili (1906-2002), translator, editor and lexicographer, creator of the Zheng coding
- Richter (name)
- Charles Francis Richter (1900-1985), US physicist and seismologist, after whom the Richter scale is named
滿shìmǎn- Richmond (name)
méng- Richmond (place name or surname)
ào- Ríos (name)
běn- Lisbon, capital of Portugal
lǎngwēi- Lilongwe, capital of Malawi (Tw)
gǎngxiāng- Likang township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
chéngbēi- milestone
chéngbiǎo- odometer
chéng- speedometer (of a vehicle)
ròu- loin (of pork)
jiǎ- Regina city, capital of Saskatchewan province, Canada
jīn- (Newt) Gingrich
ĀShān- Alishan township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan
Āshān- Alishan, mountain range in Taiwan
Āláng- 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
xuěhóng- potherb mustard
- Brassica juncea var. crispifolia
xuěhóng- potherb mustard
- Brassica juncea var. crispifolia
- variant of 馬德|马德[Ma3 de2 li3], Madrid
- Madrid, capital of Spain
ào- Mario (name)
lán- Maryland, US state
- suddenly
- unexpectedly
zi- what sb feels (or knows etc) in his bones (derog.)
- private understanding between individuals (derog.)
mài- (Mike) McCurry (White House spokesperson)
Lóngxiàn- Longli county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qian2 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou
qiān- lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
- Qilihe District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu
míngjiù- not to understand the situation
- unaware of the ins and outs
zhījiù- unaware of the inner workings
- naive
- unwitting
yuǎnqiān- make light of traveling a thousand li
- go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
- Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war
luó- Florida
shǎlishǎ- foolish
- stupid
- Cripps (name)
- Sir Stafford Cripps (1889-1952), UK socialist politician
Dǎo- Crete
- Crimea
- Liguria, northwest Italy
- Liberia
- Limerick, Ireland
li- variant of 噼裡啪啦|啪啦[pi1 li5 pa1 la1]
Jiāmàndān- Kalimantan (Indonesian part of the island of Borneo)
Jiā- Guiseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), Italian military commander and politician
Jiālèi- Galilee
shíyángchǎng- the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements
- (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city
qiānzhīwài- thousand miles distant
qiāntiáotiáo- from distant parts
qiānémáo- goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it
- also written 送鵝毛|送鹅毛[qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2]
bànbiǎobàn- half outside, half inside
- half interior, half exterior
- Cagliari, Sardinia
- Castries, capital of Saint Lucia
ěrjiā- Calgary, largest city of Alberta, Canada
guài- quaint
- odd and picturesque
- weird and wonderful
西西- Hoh Xil or Kekexili, vast nature reserve on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2]
chīwài- to work against the interests of sb one derives support from
- to double-cross one's employer
- to bite the hand that feeds you
- Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands) (Tw)
bǎo- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Burj Khalifa
- you're too kind
- you flatter me
QiáoFēng- K2, Mt Qogir or Chogori in Karakorum section of Himalayas
QiáoFēng- K2, Mt Qogir or Chogori in Karakorum section of Himalayas
- also written 喬戈|乔戈
Jiālóng- Gaborone, capital of Botswana (Tw)
li- see 嘰哩咕嚕|叽哩咕噜[ji1 li5 gu1 lu1]
li- (onom.) to crackle and rattle
- to pitter-patter
luōliluōsuo- long-winded
- verbose
- unsophisticated
- rustic
- uncouth
Āi- Avebury (stone circle near Stonehenge)
- Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands)
- Tarim River of Xinjiang
Sàiwéinuò- (Jean-Michel) Severino, CEO of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
suǒ- Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian fascist dictator, "Il Duce", president 1922-1943
shì- Tabriz city in northwest Iran, capital of Iranian East Azerbaijan
xiāng- Damali or Tamali township in Taitung county 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 xian4], southeast Taiwan
- same as Taimali 太麻[Tai4 ma2 li3]
Tàixiāng- Taimali township in Taitung county 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 xian4], southeast Taiwan
Àobāng- Orissa, eastern Indian state bordering Bangladesh
Ào- Aurelia, a hypothetical planet
hángjiān- between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning
- connotations
zhōu- Missouri
xiǎolixiǎo- stingy
- petty
ren- see 居禮夫人|居礼夫人[Ju1 li3 Fu1 ren5]
zuǒlínyòu- see 左鄰右舍|左邻右舍[zuo3 lin2 you4 she4]
kūnxiàn- 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
tǎn- Brittany (France)
- Bretagne
dùn- Bridgetown, capital of Barbados
tuō- Bristol
bān- Brisbane, capital of Queensland, Australia
- Patrick (name)
xià- Patricia
píngfānggōng- square kilometer
- Tigris River, Iraq
- Kubrick
- Curitiba (city in Brazil)
luó- Florida, US state
lán- Friesland
mǐn- Petri dish
wǎngxīnli- to take sth to heart
- to take sth seriously
wǎngcǎi- to belittle
- to attack sb
xīnyǒushù- to know the score (idiom)
- to be well aware of the situation
xīnyǒu- to have a plan in mind
xīnyǎngyang- lit. itchy heart
- to be itching to do sth (idiom)
guàiguài- eccentric
- odd-looking
- peculiar
ěr- Asif Ali Zardari (1956-), Pakistani People's Party politician, widower of murdered Benazir Bhutto, president of Pakistan from 2008
xīnyǎnli- from the bottom of one's heart
- heartily
- sincerely
Tuōchāi- Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, colleague of Galileo
- Tikrit
怀chuāizàihuái- to tuck into one's bosom
- also written 搋在懷裡|搋在怀
怀chuāizàihuái- to tuck into one's bosom
- also written 揣在懷裡|揣在怀
fàngzàiyǎn- to pay attention to
- to care about
- to attach importance to
- Swahili
- Skopje, capital of Macedonia
lán- Sri Lanka
- (formerly) Ceylon
Chūn- Chonburi province of east Thailand
qiè- Pratchett (name)
qíngkōngwàn- a clear and boundless sky
guǎiwān- winding and turning (idiom)
méngzài- variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓[meng2 zai4 gu3 li3]
- Conakry, capital of Guinea (Tw)
gāo- Gregory or Grigory (name)
tǒngshè- to shoot fish in a barrel
- to attempt sth too easy
Méi- Meilisi Daur district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
Méixuěshān- 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
róngguī- to return home with honor
西西- Mauritius (Tw)
xiē- hysteria (loanword)
- hysterical
Ōu- Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author Elements 幾何原本|几何原本
Ōu- Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author of Elements 幾何原本|几何原本
táoshēng- mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape
- to survive by the skin of one's teeth
Máoqiú- Mauritius
juéshèngqiān- to be able to plan victory from a thousand miles away (idiom)
liúliliú- hooliganism
- rowdyism
Tāngjiāluó- Tongariro, volcanic area on North Island, New Zealand
lu- cumbersome
- sagging
- drooping
滿Mǎnzhōushì- Manzhouli county level city, Mongolian Manzhuur xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia
jiāng- Ussuri River
nèifèi- Tenerife
- Tripura (Indian state)
ěr- valkyrie
yóubiǎo- to proceed from the outside to the inside
- to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance
bǎitiāo- one in a hundred
- cream of the crop
- Tripoli, capital of Libya
- Tripoli, city in north Lebanon
kànzàiyǎnli- to see clearly
- to take it in
méngzài- variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓[meng2 zai4 gu3 li3]
- Conakry, capital of Guinea
litu- muddleheaded
- careless
lihuā- (onom.) rustling sound
- sound of rain or of sth falling down
- in disorder
- completely smashed
- badly battered
- broken to pieces
liguāngdāng- thin
- diluted
xiàocángdāo- lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom); friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions
- when the fox preaches, look to the geese
li- confused
- vague
- indistinct
- muddle-headed
- mixed up
- in a daze
li- variant of 糊裡糊塗|糊涂[hu2 li5 hu2 tu2]
táng- sweet and sour pork
Ā- Nad Ali, town in Helmand province, Afghanistan
Suǒ- variant of 索馬利亞|索马利亚[Suo3 ma3 li4 ya4]
綿miáncángzhēn- 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
Luóào- Romário
shuǐduān- Musudan-ri, North Korean rocket launch site in North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道|咸镜北道[Xian2 jing4 bei3 dao4]
- mozzarella (loanword)
wànjiāngshān- lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains
- a vast territory (idiom)
WànChángchéng- the Great Wall
WànChángjiāng- Changjiang river
- Yangtze river
méngzài- (lit.) kept inside a drum (idiom); completely in the dark
nán- Suriname River
hángjiāshǒu- connoisseur
- expert
jiēfanglín- neighbors
- the whole neighborhood
biǎo- outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems
- saying one thing but meaning sth different
biǎo- external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom); to say what one means
- to think and act as one
chūwàijìn- uneven
- in disorder
- everything sticking out
gōuwàilián- to act from inside in coordination with attackers outside
- attacked from both inside and out
yìngwài- to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom)
- (fig.) to act together
Hǎi- (Chinese bird species) Pander's ground jay (Podoces panderi)
wàiwài- inside and out
西西西西Dǎo- Sicily
西西西西- Silesia
huàtàohuà- to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information
- to touch upon other matters not central to the topic being discussed
huàyǒuhuà- to have hidden meaning
- implication
- more than just the apparent meaning
- something hinted
Sài- Sayram Lake in Xinjiang
zhuǎnzhànqiān- fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom); constant fighting across the country
- never-ending struggle
yuǎnqiān- thousands of miles away
- far away
Mài- Maiduguri, city in north Nigeria
lita- messy
- slovenly
- unkempt
sài- Riverside
shìzhèn- Richter magnitude scale
ěrduō- Rivaldo
Ā- Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad
Ā- Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
Ā- Ngari prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Mnga' ris sa khul
Āshānxiāng- Alishan township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], within the Alishan Range, south-central Taiwan
Ā- Ali Baba, character from The Arabian Nights
Ā- Alibaba, PRC e-commerce company
yún- amidst the clouds and mist
- (fig.) mystified
- puzzled
kànhuā- lit. to look at flowers in the fog (idiom); fig. blurred vision
biān- penetrated
- trenchant
- incisive
Xiāng- 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
- mozzarella (loanword)
ěr- Maribor, 2nd biggest city in Slovenia
lánzhōu- Maryland, US state
Bào- Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007), French cultural theorist and philosopher
péngchéngwàn- the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom)
- one's future prospects are brilliant
Hǎi- Adriatic Sea
shìduō- Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher
duō- Aristotle (philosopher)
luózhōu- Florida
àoěr- creole language
línGōng- the Kremlin
tuō- (Warren) Christopher
- Julia Kristeva (1941-), Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst, philosopher and literary critic
ān- Kristian or Christian (name)
Bàndǎo- Crimea
- the Crimean peninsula
Zhànzhēng- the Crimean War (1853-1856)
Jiāníng- Kaliningrad, town on Baltic now in Russian republic
- formerly Königsberg, capital of East Prussia
JiāmàndānDǎo- Kalimantan island (Indonesian name for Borneo island)
JiālèiHǎi- Sea of Galilee
Běi- Northern Mariana Islands
qiānémáo- goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
- also written 送鵝毛|送鹅毛
qiānsòngémáo- goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
- Calabria, southernmost Italian province
È- Eritrea
guó- Caliphate (Islamic empire formed after the death of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德 in 632)
Kǎn- Cantabria, Spanish autonomous region, capital Santander 桑坦德[Sang1 tan3 de2]
Péi- Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war
- also written 克利[Bo2 li3 ke4 li4]
pén- Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang
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]
yóuqín- ukulele
- traditional form also written 烏克麗麗
kūncǎoyuán- Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang
tuōěr- Bristol port city in southwest England
- Paramaribo, capital of Suriname
- Tigris River, Iraq
luòdǎo- Flores, Indonesia
- also written 弗洛勒斯島|弗洛勒斯岛[Fu2 luo4 lei1 si1 dao3]
luózhōu- Florida, US state
- Friedrich (name)
- Friedrich (name)
léi- Frederick (name)
xīnliměiluóbo- Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable
èshìchuánqiān- evil deeds spread a thousand miles (idiom); scandal spreads like wildfire
bīn- Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Russian composer and pianist
- Swahili (language)
- Kiswahili
tuō- Pretoria, capital of South Africa (Tw)
shí- Pristina, capital of Kosovo 科索沃
- Grimstad (city in Agder, Norway)
SāngtuōDǎo- Santorini (volcanic island in the Aegean sea)
Ōu- Euripides (c. 480-406 BC), Greek tragedian, author of Medea, Trojan Women etc
Máo- Mauritania
HánténgFēng- Khan Tengri or Mt Hantengri on the border between Xinjiang and Kazakhstan
- 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
tái- Uliastai, the Qing name for outer Mongolia
西西- Polynesia (Tw)
- Trieste, port city in Italy
Huángjiā- Real Madrid (soccer team)
ěr- Middlebury (College)
Suǒ- Sophocles (496-406 BC), Greek playwright
Shèng- Saint Patrick
西西ěr- Cyrillic alphabet
- Cyrillic letters
guǎn- didgeridoo (loanword)
DàoFēng- Dhaulagiri, mountain massif in the Himalayas
hán- (Chinese bird species) Daurian jackdaw (Coloeus dauuricus)
àolán- Rio Grande (Brasil)
huòfēn- 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
yuēnèi- Rio de Janeiro
Āěrméi- Almería
Ā- Martti Ahtisaari (1937-), Finnish diplomat and politician, veteran peace negotiator and 2008 Nobel peace laureate
Ātuōfēn- Aristophanes (c. 448-380 BC), Greek comic playwright
Ātuōfāng- Aristophanes (c. 448-380 BC), Greek comic playwright
Xiāngxiàn- 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
TéngShā- Tengger Desert
shān- Alexandria
Jié·Qiáosǒu- 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]
ānsōng- Kristiansund (city in Norway)
Kǎi·màn- Cathy Freeman (1973-), Australian sprinter
Jiāníngzhōu- Kaliningrad Oblast
duòzhōng- as if lost in a thick fog (idiom)
- in a fog
- muddled
- completely unfamiliar with sth
- Bloomsbury, London district
léidùn- Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick, Canada
Ēn·Fèi- Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Italian born US nuclear physicist
gēn·màn- Morgan Freeman, American actor
jiāwāngǎng- Bandar Seri Begawan, capital of Brunei
Xīnduō- New Caledonia
Chá·Nuò- Chuck Norris (1940-), American martial artist and actor
西西wéi- Vasilievich (name)
ǎizilijiāngjūn- lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs
- fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)
Shèngbèi- (Antoine de) Saint-Exupéry
Chēbīn- Chelyabinsk town on the eastern flanks of Ural, on trans-Siberian railway
Tiáoyuē- Treaty of Livadia (1879) between Russia and China, relating to territory in Chinese Turkistan, renegotiated in 1881 (Treaty of St. Petersburg)
Ā- Asturias, northwest Spanish autonomous principality on the bay of Biscay
- ancient Spanish kingdom from which the reconquista was based
dànlitiāotou- to look for bones in an egg
- to find fault
- to nitpick (idiom)
- Maastricht
Hǎigōu- Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)
Qúndǎo- Mariana islands in Pacific
hǎodào- just as bad
- not much better
tīng·Bèiěr- Christian Bale (1974-), English actor
BěiQúndǎo- Northern Mariana Islands
QiānTuō- Trinidad and Tobago (Tw)
QiānDuō- Trinidad and Tobago
sēn·Shī- Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17 astronaut)
Gòngguó- Kiribati
Yóu·wén- Joris Ivens (1898-1989), Dutch documentary filmmaker and committed communist
tuōěrHǎixiá- Bristol Channel in southwest England
·líndùn- Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
西西qíngrényǎnchūshī- lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xi1 shi1] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
西西qíngrényǎnyǒushī- In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
Zàngzhìxiàn- 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
qiāndòng- Paziklike thousand-Buddha grotto in the Turpan basin, Xinjiang
yǎnróngbushāzi- 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
Suǒěrpíngyuán- Salisbury plain
Suǒěrshíhuán- Stonehenge
- Salisbury stone circle
xíngbǎizhěbànjiǔshí- 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
·- Friedrich Schiller or Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist
Méiěr- Meilisi Daur district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
gǒuzuǐlichūxiàng- no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
- no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel
Ājiāshā·- Agatha Christie
qiānzhī,kuìxué- An ant hole causing the collapse of a great dike.
- Huge damage from a moment's negligence. (idiom)
qiānzhīxíng,shǐxià- lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step
- fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one
chīzhewǎn,kànzheguō- 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
chīzhewǎn,qiáozheguō- see 吃著碗裡看著鍋裡|吃着碗看着锅[chi1 zhe5 wan3 li3 , kan4 zhe5 guo1 li3]
shīzhīháo,miùqiān- a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
shīzhīháo,chàzhīqiān- a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
shīzhīháo,chàqiān- a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
chāzhīháo,shīzhīqiān- the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom)
- a miss is as good as a mile
chāzhīháo,miùqiān- the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom)
- a miss is as good as a mile
kūnzhìxiàn- 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
Méi·Wéi- Merriam-Webster (dictionary)
lǎo,zhìzàiqiān- lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
lumàideshìshénmeyào- what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?
- what's going on?
xíngqiān,wànjuǎnshū- see 行萬讀萬卷書|行万读万卷书[xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 , du2 wan4 juan3 shu1]
xíngwànshèngwànjuǎnshū- to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books
xíngwàn,wànjuǎnshū- Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiom)
wànjuǎnshū,xíngwàn- see 行萬讀萬卷書|行万读万卷书[xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 , du2 wan4 juan3 shu1]
qiānsòngémáo,qīngrénzhòng- 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.
qiānsòngémáo,qīngqíngzhòng- 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.
hǎoshìchūmén,èshìchuánqiān- 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)
qīngrénzhòng,qiānsòngémáo- 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.
qiānchángpéng,méiyǒusàndeyàn- even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
yùnchóuwéizhīzhōng,juéshèngqiānzhīwài- a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)

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