里 应 外 合

lǐ yìng wài hédictionary entry

to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom) / (fig.) to act together

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Original source entry:

裡應外合 里应外合 [li3 ying4 wai4 he2] /to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom)/(fig.) to act together/

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Other forms in these source records: 裡應外合

里
lǐ
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[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[zhèn] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lín] levels
Lǐ
surname Li
应
yīng
to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall
yìng
to answer / to respond / to comply with / to deal or cope with
Yīng
surname Ying / Taiwan pr. [Yìng]
外
wài
outside / in addition / foreign / external
合
gě
100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗
hé
to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale

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