里应外合

里
裡
应
應
外
外
合
合
to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom) / (fig.) to act together

Characters and words in 里应外合

里
裏
lǐ = li + Ø3
variant of 裡|里[li3]
里
裡
lǐ = li + Ø3
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]
里 = 土 + 田 : 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).
里
lǐ = li + Ø3
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
应
應
yi̅ng = y + (e)ng1
surname Ying / Taiwan pr. [Ying4]
应
應
yi̅ng = y + (e)ng1
to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall
应
應
yìng = y + (e)ng4
to answer / to respond / to comply with / to deal or cope with
应 = 广 + ⺍ + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: from 应龙, responsive dragon. The responsive dragon knows every answer to every quiz question ever asked.
应 = 广 + ⺍ + 一 : Maud Younger and the responsive dragon want to peacefully take over engine: They skydive into engine's bathroom using two parachutes. On top of it, Maud Younger plays a flute, and the responsive dragon is waving with a daisy responding to the rhythm of the music.
外
wài = w + ai4
outside / in addition / foreign / external
外 = 夕 + 卜 : There's a hole in the wall of the airplane's bathroom (ai4), and from outside (外), a bat (夕) wants to enter. Willy Walrus (w) is very afraid of bats, so he does his best to hinder the bat from entering with a voodoo staff (卜).
合
gě = g + e3
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
合
hé = h + e2
to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale / old variant of 盒[he2]
合 = 亼 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a tube of glue.

In the elevator's kitchen (e2), Hamlet (h) is preparing holiday decorations. He wants to be lazy and cover Halloween as well as Christmas at the same time, so he carved out a mandarin (口) and glued a pointed cap (亼) to its top using a tube of glue (合).
合
閤
hé = h + e2
variant of 合[he2]

Words with 里应外合

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Sentences with 里应外合

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