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 lǐ li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up
 lì power / force / strength / ability / strenuously
 lì sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit
 lì to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately
 lí to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire /
 lǐ plum
 lì to experience / to undergo / to pass through / all / each / every / history
 lì example / precedent / rule / case / instance
 lì beautiful
 Lí Korea
 lǐ gift / rite / ceremony / CL:份[fen4] / propriety / etiquette / courtesy
 lì strict / severe
 lì to encourage / to urge
 lí (literary) black / dark / many / multitude
 lì grain / granule / classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
 lì attached to / scribe
 lì jasmine
 lí variant of 璃[li2]
 lī this (Cantonese) / see also 呢[ni1] / see also 哩哩羅羅|哩哩罗罗[li1 li1 luo1 luo1]
 lǐ mile
 li (modal final particle similar to 呢[ne5] or 啦[la5])
 lí one hundredth / centi-
 lì minor government official or functionary (old)
 lì chestnut
 lí variant of 狸[li2]
 lí pear / CL:個|个[ge4]
 lí a fence
 lí plow
 lǐ carp
 lì bamboo rain hat
 lí to seep through
 lì gravel / small stone
 lì clap of thunder
 lì clever
 lì to drip / to strain or filter / a trickle
 lì litchi
 lì dysentery
 lí happen to / sorrow / suffer from
 lì to bend / to violate / to go against / ruthless and tyrannical
 lí calabash
 lǐ wood-boring insect
 lǐ rustic / vulgar / unrefined / abbr. for 俚語|俚语[li3 yu3], slang
 lì oyster
 lí name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album
 lì to curse / to scold
 lì husband and wife
 lì oak / Quercus serrata
 Lǐ Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖 / surname Li
 lì grind / sandstone
 lí clam
 lí black horse / jet steed / good horse / legendary black dragon
 lì to attend (an official function) / to be present / to administer / to approach (esp. as administrator)
 lǐ lithium (chemistry)
 lǐ sweet wine
 lǐ used in 妯娌[zhou2 li5]
 Lì surname Li / ancient place name
 lí widow
 Lì used in 傈僳[Li4 su4]
 lì type of oak / stable (for horses)
 lì move / walk
 lí Chinese oriole
 lǐ winding
 lí eel
 lì cry of a crane or wild goose
 lǐ snakefish / snakehead mullet
 lì coarse rice
 lì ulcer / plague
 lí dark / sallow color
 lì sound of splitting / cracking
 lì name of a river
 lí grain (unit of weight, approx. 0.065 grams) / Taiwan pr. [li3]
 lí bridal veil or kerchief
 lǐ worried / afflicted
 lì Drabanemerosa hebecarpa
 lì a kind of monkey
 lì see 瘰癧|瘰疬[luo3 li4]
 lí one thousandth
 lì to bully / wheel-rut
 lì ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs
 lì bamboos good for poles / horn
 lì hole, pit
 lí red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori / arch. used for vanilla-like herb
 lí dregs of wine
 lí wild cat
 lí bride's veil or kerchief
 lì (herb) / pigsty
 lì (cattle) tongue (Cantonese)
 lǐ ceremonial vessel / variant of 禮|礼[li3]
 lí basket for removing earth / spade
 lí go with current / mucus / spittle
 lí black ox / yak
 lí chenopodiaceae
 lǐ nautical mile
 li variant of 哩[li5]
 lì high mountain range
 lì miasma
 lì to attend (official functions)
 lì luster (of pearls)
 lì unreasonable / violent
 lì cross stream by stepping on stones
 lì coarse (grain)
 lì bald / scabby
 lì Alcedo bengalensis
 lí mark
 lí a divide, to partition
 lì to calculate / the calendar
 lì hedge
 lì beam
 lǐ centigram
 lì used in transliteration
 lì smooth / active / clever / sharp
 lì Japanese variant of 戾[li4]
 lì Japanese variant of 曆|历[li4]
 lì archaic variant of 櫪|枥, oak / type of tree in ancient books / stable (for horses)
 lí variant of 梨[li2], pear
 lí rowan or mountain ash (genus Sorbus)
 lì old variant of 歷|历[li4]
 Lì river in Hebei / variant of 蒞|莅, to attend
 lí see 犂靬[Li2 jian1] / variant of 犁[li2]
 lì brilliance (pearls)
 lǐ centiwatt
 lì Japanese variant of 隸|隶
 lì (final particle) / sound / noise
 lì old variant of 栗[li4]
 lì cold / frigid
 lì sorrowful
 lì a kind of eating utensil / (old) (Italian) lira (loanword) / livermorium (chemistry)
 lí old variant of 梨[li2]
 lí (literary) to bind / to fasten / rope
 lì old variant of 櫟|栎[li4]
𬍛 lì brilliance (pearls)
𫟷 lì livermorium (chemistry) / (old) (Italian) lira (loanword) / (archaic) type of food vessel used in Funan 扶南[Fu2 nan2]
濿 lì variant of 砅[li4]
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