- 厘米 límǐ centimeter
- 巴厘岛 Bālí Dǎo BaliBali (island in Indonesia)
- 厘清 líqīng clarifyto clarify or set straight (facts, logic, or responsibilities)
- 公厘 gōnglí millimeter
- 毫厘 háolí minute amounta very small measure or distance; often used in idiomatic expressions to denote extreme precision or accuracy.
- 巴厘 Bālí BaliBali (island province of Indonesia)
- 立方厘米 lìfānglímǐ cubic centimeter
- 厘金 líjīn likin taxa form of transit taxation in China introduced to finance armies to suppress the Taiping Rebellion
- 毫厘不爽 háolíbùshuǎng precisewithout the slightest error or discrepancy; to be extremely accurate
- 市厘 shìlí lia Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ millimeter
- 无厘头 wúlítóu nonsensicalsilly talk or 'mo lei tau' (Cantonese), a genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century
- 析毫剖厘 xīháopōulí analyze minutelyto analyze in the finest detail
- 梳乎厘 shūhūlí soufflé(HK) (loanword) soufflé
- 梳芙厘 shūfúlí soufflésoufflé (loanword)
- 车厘子 chēlízi cherryAmerican cherry (loanword)
- 厘克 líkè centigram
- 厘升 líshēng centiliter
- 厘析 líxī analyzeto analyze in detail
- 失之毫厘,差之千里 shīzhīháolí, chàzhīqiānlǐ cascading errorA tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake; a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses.
- 失之毫厘,差以千里 shīzhīháolí, chàyǐqiānlǐ critical precisionA tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake; a minor discrepancy can result in enormous losses.
- 失之毫厘,谬以千里 shīzhīháolí, miùyǐqiānlǐ precision criticala tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake; a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
- 峇厘 Bālí BaliBali (island province of Indonesia) (Singapore, Malaysia)
- 差之毫厘,失之千里 chāzhīháolí, shīzhīqiānlǐ slightest errorA tiny mistake or discrepancy at the start can lead to a massive error or failure in the final outcome.
- 差之毫厘,谬以千里 chāzhīháolí, miùyǐqiānlǐ divergencethe slightest initial difference leads to a huge error; a miss is as good as a mile
Sources
- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH