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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

明里暗里míng lǐ àn lǐ

both publicly and privately / both overtly and secretly / both explicitly and implicitly

晴空万里qíng kōng wàn lǐ

a clear and boundless sky

暗里àn li

privately / secretly / behind closed doors

曲里拐弯qū lǐ guǎi wān

winding and turning (idiom)

柯里化kē lǐ huà

(computing) currying

荣归故里róng guī gù lǐ

to return home with honor

橘里橘气jú lǐ jú qì

lesbian-like (i.e. exhibiting lesbian traits) (coined c. 2018)

决胜千里jué shèng qiān lǐ

to be able to plan victory from a thousand miles away (idiom)

沙里亚shā lǐ yà

sharia (Islamic law) (loanword)

流里流气liú li liú qì

hooliganism / rowdyism

滴里嘟噜dī lǐ dū lu

cumbersome

滴里耷拉dī li dā lā

hanging down loosely / dangling in disorder

狗嘴里吐不出象牙gǒu zuǐ li tǔ bù chū xiàng yá

lit. no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom) / fig. one does not expect fine words from a scoundrel

由表及里yóu biǎo jí lǐ

to proceed from the outside to the inside / to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance

百里挑一bǎi lǐ tiāo yī

one in a hundred / cream of the crop

百里香bǎi lǐ xiāng

thyme (Thymus vulgaris)

看在眼里kàn zài yǎn li

to observe / to take it all in

眼里容不得沙子yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi

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

眼里揉不得沙子yǎn lǐ róu bu dé shā zi

see 眼裡容不得沙子|眼里容不得沙子[yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi]

矬子里拔将军cuó zi lǐ bá jiāng jūn

lit. to choose a general among the dwarves (idiom) / fig. to pick the best out of a bad group

矮子里拔将军ǎi zi li bá jiāng jūn

lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs / fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)

礼轻人意重，千里送鹅毛lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng , qiān lǐ sòng é máo

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.

稀里光当xī li guāng dāng

thin / diluted

稀里哗啦xī li huā lā

(onom.) chaotic or dynamic noises (pattering, crashing, rustling, clattering, sobbing etc) / smashed to pieces / completely routed

窝里反wō li fǎn

see 窩裡鬥|窝里斗[wō li dòu]

窝里横wō li hèng

(coll.) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home

笑里藏刀xiào lǐ cáng dāo

lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom) / friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions / when the fox preaches, look to the geese

糖醋里脊táng cù lǐ jǐ

sweet and sour pork

绵里藏针mián lǐ cáng zhēn

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

老骥伏枥，志在千里lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐ

lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom) / fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations

肉烂在锅里ròu làn zài guō lǐ

lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom) / fig. some of us may lose or gain, but in any case the benefits don't go to outsiders

茅坑里点灯máo kēng lǐ diǎn dēng

(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死[zhǎo sǐ] via its near homophone 照屎[zhào shǐ])