Mnemonic comic for

Translation

lǐ = li + Ø3: lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (里).

All translations for 里

variant of 裡|里[li3]
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (里).
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

里 character breakdown

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.
field / farm / CL:片[pian4]

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to plant a field (田) of crosses (十) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She ordered an enclosure (囗) full of crosses (十) and puts them up one by one.

Characters with 里 as component

to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer

= + : Mnemonic symbol (from the shape of the character): this one looks like a space elevator. The two top strokes are the heavens, the two bottom strokes are the earth, and the part in between is the cabin (or climber) of the space elevator.

Chantal Chicken (chu) is working in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). Her job is to crush sunflower (里) seeds with a 1 kg weight (千) to get the kernels. Then she has to put the kernels into the cabin of a space elevator (重) to send them to outer space. This repeats (重) again and again day in, day out.
heavy / serious / to attach importance to

= + : Mnemonic symbol (from the shape of the character): this one looks like a space elevator. The two top strokes are the heavens, the two bottom strokes are the earth, and the part in between is the cabin (or climber) of the space elevator.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) installed a space elevator (重) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). For the maiden trip, and as a stress test, he loads one thousand (千) one kilogram weights (千) and decorates them with sun flowers (里) to celebrate the occasion.
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

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) and Martin Luther King (王) have the mission to find out the intrinsic order (理) and inner essence (理) of sunflowers (里) in the space station (Ø3). They grow a few sunflowers and care for them very meticulously, talking to them and everything.
capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word
to measure

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) uses a measuring cup (量) for a recipe in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). Unfortunately she made a terrible mistake: instead of measuring cups (旦) of sunflowers (里), she throws sunflowers and cups together into a measuring cup.
to bury

= + : As a sign of peace Mahatma Gandhi (m) buries (埋) a sunflower (里) under some earth (土) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2).
used in 埋怨[man2 yuan4]
surname Tong

= + : Mnemonic symbol from "golden boy, jade girl": the golden boy.

The golden boy (童) fell in love with Tommy Turtle (tu). He is waiting for him in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) to surprise him with a vase (立) full of sunflowers (里).
child

= + : Mnemonic symbol from "golden boy, jade girl": the golden boy.

The golden boy (童) fell in love with Tommy Turtle (tu). He is waiting for him in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) to surprise him with a vase (立) full of sunflowers (里).
field / plain / open space / limit / boundary / rude / feral

= + : Maud Younger (y) and Zai Yu (予) are having a picnic (野; picnic: 野餐) in the elevator (e3). Zai Yu has a sunflower (里) Maud Younger really wants to have, but although he is fast asleep he holds to the sunflower tightly and won't give (予) it to Maud.

Words with 里

Ali (proper name) / Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (c. 600-661), cousin, aid and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德, the fourth Caliph 哈里發|哈里发 of Islam, reigned 656-661, and the first Imam 伊瑪目|伊玛目 of Shia Islam / Ngari prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Mnga' ris
Shangri-La (mythical location) / Shangri-La town and county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Yunnan / formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhong1 dian4] in Tibetan province of Kham
in front / in advance of the field
Alibaba, PRC e-commerce company
Ali Baba, character from The Arabian Nights
Aristophanes (c. 448-380 BC), Greek comic playwright
lit. to look at flowers in the fog (idiom); fig. blurred vision
to look for bones in an egg / to find fault / to nitpick (idiom)
potherb mustard / Brassica juncea var. crispifolia
potherb mustard / Brassica juncea var. crispifolia
amidst the clouds and mist / (fig.) mystified / puzzled
penetrated / trenchant / incisive
Shangri-La County in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Yunnan / formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhong1 dian4] in Tibetan province of Kham
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
Martti Ahtisaari (1937-), Finnish diplomat and politician, veteran peace negotiator and 2008 Nobel peace laureate
Ngari prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Mnga' ris sa khul
Alishan mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan
Alishan Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], within the Alishan Range, south-central Taiwan
Arirang, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo dynasty / Arirang, series of Korean earth observation space satellites
to meet with unexpected failure (idiom) / to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)

Sentences with 里

chá
kàn
yi̅
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nǎ
lǐ
yǒu
gua̅n
zhí
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