Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A traditional Chinese measure of distance, today standardized at 500 meters (1,640 feet).
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Chinese weight, equal to the one thousandth part of a liang or ounce.
- noun A Chinese mile, equal to rather more than one third of an English mile, 27⅘ li being equal to 10 miles.
- noun The chemical symbol of lithium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Chinese measure of distance, being a little more than one third of a mile.
- noun A Chinese copper coin; a cash. See
Cash .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A traditional
Chinese unit ofdistance , now standardized to 500metres . - noun A traditional Chinese unit of weight, equal to one-thousandth of a
liang , or fiftymilligrams . - noun An ancient Chinese
cauldron having three hollow legs. - noun Chinese philosophy A meaningful
ceremony orritual ;etiquette ,behaviour .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
- noun Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers
- adjective being one more than fifty
Etymologies
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Examples
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For example: _Kiu ajn li estas, ne parolu al li_, whoever he be, do not speak to him.
Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation William W. Mann
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But he heard it very well: -- "_Bon-Dié, li conm vent ... li ka touché nou ... nou pa save ouè li_."
Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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Below the two lines of the text there are two more lines: _li gùchi (giunchi) che ritégò le paglucole (pagliucole) chelli (che li) anniegano_.] 700.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 1 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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Below the two lines of the text there are two more lines: _li g�chi (giunchi) che rit�g� le paglucole (pagliucole) chelli (che li) anniegano_.] 700.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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L Ralph on Aug 1, 2008 the fact that kristin plays the role of chun li is enough reason for me to be excited!! im a smallville fan too. myka on Sep 7, 2008
First Look: Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li in Street Fighter « FirstShowing.net 2008
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One li is about a third of a mile, although sometimes in early Chinese texts it was descriptive. back
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's narcissist-Leninist president, surprised precisely no one last week when he coyly gave his supporters "permission" to petition for a referendum to abolish presidential term li ...
Francisco Toro: Why Chavez Wants To Be President for Life 2009
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Challenges still exist, of course, including cold temperature performance (mentioned here), as well as life span, robustness & abuse tolerance, the more sophisticated electronics needed to maintain li-ion cells, and the initial costs of the batteries and battery packs before production can be ramped up to a scale that will bring prices down.
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Challenges still exist, of course, including cold temperature performance (mentioned here), as well as life span, robustness & abuse tolerance, the more sophisticated electronics needed to maintain li-ion cells, and the initial costs of the batteries and battery packs before production can be ramped up to a scale that will bring prices down.
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Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's narcissist-Leninist president, surprised precisely no one last week when he coyly gave his supporters "permission" to petition for a referendum to abolish presidential term li ...
Francisco Toro: Why Chavez Wants To Be President for Life 2009
oroboros commented on the word li
Li. Chemical element symbol for Lithium.
December 16, 2007