厘 (釐) lí
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lí
verb
to control; to govern
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 治理 (Guoyu '釐' v 1; Kroll 2015 '釐' 1, p. 260; Unihan '釐'; XHZD '厘' 4, p. 427) -
lí
measure word
unit of length equal to 1/3 mm
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: There are 10 厘 in one 分 in the Chinese Market System of Weights and Measures (CC-CEDICT '釐'; Guoyu '釐' n 1; Kroll 2015 '釐' 3, p. 260; Unihan '釐'; XHZD '厘' 2, p. 427) -
lí
prefix
centi-
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (XHZD '厘' 1, p. 427) -
lí
measure word
unit of interest equal to 1/3 of a percentage point
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (XHZD '厘' 3, p. 427) -
lí
verb
to modify; to correct
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 改正 (Guoyu '釐' v 2; Kroll 2015 '釐' 1a, p. 260) -
lí
verb
to give
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '釐' v 3; Kroll 2015 '釐' 2, p. 260) -
lí
noun
a widow
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 嫠 (Guoyu '釐' n 2; Kroll 2015 '釐' 4, p. 260) -
lí
proper noun
Li
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '釐' n 3) -
xī
noun
sacrificial meat
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '釐' xī 1, p. 260) -
xī
adjective
lucky
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 吉祥 (Guoyu '釐' xī; Kroll 2015 '釐' xī 2, p. 260)
Contained in
- 巴厘岛(巴厘島) Bali
- 公厘(公釐) millimeter
- 失之毫厘,差之千里(失之毫釐,差之千里) a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake; a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
- 厘克(釐克) centigram
- 市厘 li
- 差之毫厘,谬以千里(差之毫釐,謬以千里) the slightest difference leads to a huge error; a miss is as good as a mile
- 毫厘(毫釐) hair's width; a very small amount
- 无厘头(無厘頭) silly talk or mo lei tau, genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century
- 梳芙厘 soufflé
- 梳乎厘 soufflé
- 毫厘不爽(毫釐不爽) not to deviate an iota ; to be extremely accurate
- 厘升(釐升) centiliter
- 失之豪厘(失之豪釐) to make a very small mistake
- 厘清(釐清) to clarify (the facts); clarification
- 失之毫厘,差以千里(失之毫釐,差以千里) a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake; a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
- 祝厘(祝釐) rituals and prayer
- 厘析(釐析) to analyze in detail
- 厘米(釐米) centimeter
- 立方厘米(立方釐米) cubic centimeter
- 车厘子(車釐子) (American) cherry
- 析毫剖厘(析毫剖釐) to analyze in the finest detail
- 失之毫厘,谬以千里(失之毫厘,謬以千里) a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake; a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
- 差之毫厘,失之千里(差之毫釐,失之千里) the slightest difference leads to a great loss
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Truncated for common words
- 卷十一 志第一 律志序 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Lu Treatises Preface Book of Song 宋書 — count: 49
- 卷九十三 志第六十九 刑法一 Volume 93 Treatises 69: Punishment and Law 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 18
- 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 14
- 卷二十七中之上 五行志 Volume 27b: Treatise on the Five Elements 2 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 12
- 卷二十七上 五行志 Volume 27a: Treatise on the Five Elements 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 11
- 卷六十八 志第四十四 輿服四 Volume 68 Treatises 44: Carriages and Clothing 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 10
- 卷二十八 韓三 Chapter 28: Han III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 10
- 卷二十七中之下 五行志 Volume 27c: Treatise on the Five Elements 3 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 9
- 卷七十二 志第四十八 職官一 Volume 72 Treatises 48: Official Posts 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 9
- 《鄭世家》 House of Zheng Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 8
Collocations
- 厘公 (釐公) 釐公 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《表‧三代世表》 Tables - Genealogical Table of the Three Ages — count: 71
- 厘侯 (釐侯) 釐侯 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《表‧三代世表》 Tables - Genealogical Table of the Three Ages — count: 20
- 厘负 (釐負) 故釐負羈之壺餐 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十一 齊俗訓 Chapter 11: Combining Customs — count: 15
- 滑厘 (滑釐) 此則滑厘所不識也 — Mencius 孟子, 告子下 Gaozi II — count: 11
- 子厘 (子釐) 子釐公祿甫立 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《齊太公世家》 House of Duke Tai of Qi — count: 10
- 厘降 (釐降) 釐降二女于媯汭 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 堯典 Yu Shu - Canon of Yao — count: 8
- 厘子 (釐子) 禽滑釐子事子墨子三年 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備梯 Book 14 - Defense against Attack with Ladders — count: 6
- 允厘 (允釐) 允釐百工 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 堯典 Yu Shu - Canon of Yao — count: 4
- 厘曰 (釐曰) 子墨子謂駱滑厘曰 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十一 耕柱 Book 11 - Geng Zhu — count: 4
- 齐厘 (齊釐) 齊釐公祿父元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords — count: 4