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[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels syn 时候 時候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period syn 长 長 cháng length / long / forever / always / constantly syn 分 fēn to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization) / sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) syn 交易 jiāo yì to deal / to trade / to transact / transaction / deal / CL:筆|笔[bi3] syn 英里 yīng lǐ mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km) 英尺 yīng chǐ foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m) 胳膊 gē bo arm / CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],雙|双[shuang1] syn 手臂 shǒu bì arm / helper syn 英寸 yīng cùn inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.) 武装 武裝 wǔ zhuāng arms / equipment / to arm / military / armed (forces) syn 事务 事務 shì wù (political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database) syn 上下 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about / more or less syn 开张 開張 kāi zhāng to open a business / first transaction of a business day syn 市里 shì lǐ li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters) 长度 長度 cháng dù length syn 比试 比試 bǐ shì to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring syn 见证人 見證人 jiàn zhèng rén eyewitness (to an incident) / witness (to a legal transaction) syn 臂膀 bì bǎng arm syn 臂弯 臂彎 bì wān crook of the arm 公尺 gōng chǐ meter (unit of length) syn 膀子 bǎng zi upper arm / arm / wing syn 长裙 長裙 cháng qún long skirt / full-length skirt 法网 法網 fǎ wǎng the net of justice / the long arm of the law syn 胳臂 gē bei arm / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / also pr. [ge1 bi4] syn 纵横 縱橫 zòng héng lit. warp and weft in weaving / vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) syn 焦距 jiāo jù focal length / focal distance 单据 單據 dān jù receipts / invoices / transaction records syn 从长计议 從長計議 cōng cháng jì yì to take one's time making a decision (idiom) / to consider at length 长短 長短 cháng duǎn length / accident / mishap / right and wrong / good and bad / merits and demerits syn 身长 身長 shēn cháng height (of person) / length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure) syn 松紧带 鬆緊帶 sōng jǐn dài (a length of) elastic 篇幅 piān fu length (of a piece of writing) / space occupied on a printed page syn 全长 全長 quán cháng overall length / span 全线 全線 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line) 拉拉扯扯 lā lā chě chě to tug at / to pull at sb aggressively / to take sb's hand or arm in a too familiar way / (derog.) to hobnob / to consort syn 见方 見方 jiàn fāng (measurement) (after a length) square (as in "10 feet square") syn 学制 學制 xué zhì educational system / length of schooling 搀扶 攙扶 chān fú to lend an arm to support sb syn 开市 開市 kāi shì (of a store, stock market etc) to open for trading / to make the first transaction of the day syn 上臂 shàng bì upper arm syn 工龄 工齡 gōng líng length of service / seniority 赊销 賒銷 shē xiāo credit transaction / to sell on account 婚龄 婚齡 hūn líng length of married life / marriageable age / actual marrying age 天网恢恢 天網恢恢 tiān wǎng huī huī lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law syn 娓娓 wěi wěi (to speak) at length / engagingly / captivatingly syn 体长 體長 tǐ cháng body length 边长 邊長 biān cháng (geometry) side length 铺陈 鋪陳 pū chén to arrange / to spread out / to narrate in detail / to describe at great length / to elaborate syn 片长 片長 piàn cháng length (duration) of a film 总长 總長 zǒng cháng total length syn 股票交易 gǔ piào jiāo yì share transaction 交易成本 jiāo yì chéng běn transaction costs 长片 長片 cháng piàn feature-length film 合抱 hé bào to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk) syn 动粗 動粗 dòng cū to use violence (against sb) / to strong-arm sb / to manhandle 梆子 bāng zi watchman's clapper / wooden clappers with bars of unequal length / abbr. for 梆子腔[bang1 zi5 qiang1] syn 从长计议 從長計議 cóng cháng jì yì (idiom) to take one's time making a decision / to consider at length 摇臂 搖臂 yáo bì rocker arm 河西走廊 hé xī zǒu láng Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road 甩动 甩動 shuǎi dòng to shake / to fling one's arm / to lash / to swing 费话 費話 fèi huà to talk at length / to waste one's breath / variant of 廢話|废话[fei4 hua4] 米 mǐ uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan syn 码 碼 mǎ weight / number / code / to pile / to stack / classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc syn 链 鏈 liàn chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain syn 寸 cùn a unit of length / inch / thumb syn 截 jié to cut off (a length) / to stop / to intercept / section / chunk / length syn 腕 wàn wrist / (squid, starfish etc) arm syn 臂 bì arm syn 龄 齡 líng age / length of experience, membership etc syn 半身像 bàn shēn xiàng half-length photo or portrait / bust 掖 yè to support by the arm / to help / to promote / at the side / also pr. [yi4] syn 丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn 搀 攙 chān to take by the arm and assist / to mix / to blend / to dilute / to adulterate syn 挎 kuà to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side) 肱 gōng upper arm / arm syn 膊 bó shoulder / upper arm syn 破折号 破折號 pò zhé hào dash / Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash) 膀臂 bǎng bì upper arm / arm / reliable helper / right-hand man syn 挟 挾 xié (bound form) to clasp under the arm / (bound form) to coerce / (bound form) to harbor (resentment etc) / Taiwan pr. [xia2] syn 仞 rèn unit of length used in ancient times, equal to 7 or 8 Chinese feet 尺[chi3] 赊欠 賒欠 shē qiàn to offer credit / credit transaction / to buy or sell on account syn 不即不离 不即不離 bù jí bù lí to be neither too familiar nor too distant / to keep sb at arm's length syn 市分 shì fēn fen (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ centimeter) 军龄 軍齡 jūn líng length of military service 秤杆 秤桿 chèng gǎn the beam of a steelyard / a balance arm 力臂 lì bì lever arm (i.e. perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line of force) 袤 mào length / distance from north to south 咫 zhǐ 8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty 庹 tuǒ length of 2 outstretched arms 强心针 強心針 qiáng xīn zhēn heart-strengthening shot / fig. a shot in the arm 掰腕子 bāi wàn zi arm wrestling 襕 襴 lán full length gown (old) 曲肱而枕 qū gōng ér zhěn lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom) / fig. content with simple things 如臂使指 rú bì shǐ zhǐ as the arm moves the finger (idiom) / freely and effortlessly / to have perfect command of syn 斤斤较量 斤斤較量 jīn jīn jiào liàng to bicker at length over a trivial matter (idiom) 非正常交易 non-arm's length transaction 试验组 試驗組 shì yàn zǔ trial arm / study arm / arm 交臂 jiāo bì linking arms / arm in arm / very close 