n. (Hira=さと) village, native place, people who live in a small rural town

n. (Trad=裡, Pinyin=li3) liner; neighborhood, village; inside, within; li (chinese unit of length)

adv. (Trad=裡, Pinyin=li3) inside

prep. (Trad=里, Pinyin=li3) in

n. (Trad=里, Pinyin=li3) lining, neighbourhood, neighborhood, Hometown, native land

adj. (Trad=里, Pinyin=li3) inner

prep. (Simp=里, Pinyin=li3) in

n. (Simp=里, Pinyin=li3) lining, neighbourhood, neighborhood, Hometown, native land

adj. (Simp=里, Pinyin=li3) inner

bu4 yuan3 wan4 li3 er2 lai2
Not considering thousand miles to far for a visit.
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qian1 li3 zhi1 di1, kui4 yu2 yi3 xue2
A thousand mile long dyke may collapse because of one ant-hole.
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qian1 li3 zhi1 xing2 shi3 yu2 zu2 xia4
A journey of a thousand li starts right under one's feet.
A journey of a thousand miles starts with one single step. This is a quote from the 64:th song of Lao Ze's book "Dao De Jing".

qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2
A goose feather from a thousand li away.
A gift may be very small, but being from far away it carries sincere wishes from the sender.

hao3 shi4 bu4 chu1 men2, huai4 shi4 zhuan4 qian2 li3
Good deeds don't leave the house, bad acts spread over a thousand miles.
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cha4 zhi1 hao2 li2, miu4 yi3 qian1 li3
An error the breadth of a single hair can lead you a thousand miles astray.
Alternative form: 差之毫厘，失之千里 (cha4 zhi1 hao2 li2, shi1 yi3 qian1 li3).

you3 ke4 zi4 yuan3 wan4 li3 bu2 yi4 le4 hu1
A guest from thousand miles away is a joy.
Describing a person who is eager to welcome a guest.

xiao4 li3 cang2 dao1
Hiding a dagger behind a smiling face.
To be outwardly friendly and kind, but inwardly treacherous and ruthless.

peng2 cheng2 wan4 li3
A roc's flight of 10.000 li.
To have a bright future or a future full of promise.

Pinyin: li3
Wade-Giles: li3
Zhuyin:
Hanzi:
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