裏: inside; village

 

裏 [里] [裡] lǐ

noun | radical 166
里: li (Chinese mile); 500 meters (modern)
里: home; hometown; village; neighborhood; administrative
裏: lining; interior; inside; internal

Kun Reading

裏 | うら ura

noun
: bottom (or another side that is hidden from view); undersurface; opposite side; reverse side
: rear; back; behind (the house)
: lining; inside
: out of sight; behind the scenes
: proof
: opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.)
: inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
: bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning)

里 | さと sato

noun
: village; hamlet
: countryside; country
: home (of one’s parents, etc.); hometown
: one’s origins; one’s upbringing; one’s past

 Usage:

裏[里]面 li3mian4: inside; interior
[裏面 | りめん rimen: back; reverse; other side; inside; tails (of coins); background]

裏[里]头 li3tou: inside; interior

裏[里]外 li3wai4: inside and out; or so

裏帶[里带] li3dai4: inner tube (of tire)

裏[里]手 li3shou3: expert; left-hand side (of a machine); left-hand side (driver’s side) of a vehicle
[裏手 | うらて urate: back of house]

這裏[这里] zhe4li3: here [ここ koko: here]

哪裏[里] na3li3: where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪裡

那裏[里] na4 li3: there; that place; also written 那裡

嘴裏[里] zui3li3: mouth; in the mouth; on one’s lips; speech; words

里人 li3 ren2: person from the same village, town or province; peasant (derog.); (of a school of thought etc) follower
[りじん rijin OR さとびと satobito: villager; village folk; countryfolk]

千里 qian1 li3: a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance
[せんり senri: 1000 ri; long distance]

千里眼 qian1 li3 yan3: clairvoyance [せんりがん senrigan]  
千里馬 qian1 li3 ma3: lit. ten thousand mile horse; fine steed
[チョンリマ chonrima: Chollima (kor:); winged horse of East Asian mythologies]

百里香 bai3 li3 xiang1: thyme (Thymus vulgaris)

手裡劍 [手里剑] shou3 li3 jian4: shuriken

[手裏剣 | しゅりけん shuriken: shuriken; small throwing blade; small edged weapon often used for throwing; throwing star]

糖醋里脊 tang2 cu4 li3 ji3: sweet & sour pork

萬里長城 [万里长城] wan4 li3 chang2 cheng2: Great Wall of China
[万里の長城 | ばんりのちょうじょう banri no choujou]

Japanese common word | expression | idiom
裏口 | うらぐち uraguchi: backdoor; rear entrance

裏名 | うらな urana: secret name; alias

裏切者 | うらぎりもの uragiri mono: betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

裏社会 | うらしゃかい ura shakai: underworld; underside of society

裏面に続く | りめんにつづく rimen ni tsuzuku
: continued overleaf; please turn over; PTO

裏を掻く | うらをかく ura o kaku
: to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to defeat
: to pierce something all the way through

口裏を合わせる | くちうらをあわせる kuchiura o awaseru
: to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight

裏には裏が有る | うらにはうらがある ura ni wa ura ga aru
: there are wheels within wheels; there’s more to most things than meets the eye

悪事千里 | あくじせんり akuji senri
: bad news traveling fast; ill news spreading like wildfire

千里も一里 | せんりもいちり senri mo ichiri
: a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love)

*千里の行も足下に始まる | せんりのこうもそっかにはじまる senri no koumo sokka ni hajimaru
: a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

Chinese idiom | onomatopoeia
稀裏糊塗 [稀里糊涂] xi1 li3 hu2 tu5: muddleheaded; careless

一日千里 yi1 ri4 qian1 li3
: lit. one day, a thousand miles; rapid progress

心裡有數 [心里有数] xin1 li3 you3 shu4
: to know very well in one’s heart

稀裡嘩啦 [稀里哗啦] xi1 li hua1 la1
: rustling sound; sound of rain or of something falling down; in disorder; completely smashed; badly battered; broken to pieces
: (can be used to express loud crying)

千里送鵝毛，禮輕人意重 [千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重] qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2 , li3 qing1 ren2 yi4 zhong4
: goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning. It’s not the present the counts, it’s the thought behind it

雞蛋裡挑骨頭 [鸡蛋里挑骨头] ji1 dan4 li3 tiao1 gu3 tou5
: to look for bones in an egg; to find fault; to nitpick

*千里之行，始於足下 [千里之行，始于足下] qian1 li3 zhi1 xing2 , shi3 yu2 zu2 xia4
: lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step; fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one

吃著碗裡，看著鍋裡 [吃着碗里，看着锅里] chi1 zhe wan3 li3 , kan4 zhe guo1 li3
: lit. eyeing what’s in the pot as one eats from one’s bowl; not content with what one already has; (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye

好事不出門，惡事傳千里 [好事不出门，恶事传千里] hao3 shi4 bu4 chu1 men2 , e4 shi4 chuan2 qian1 li3
: lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles; a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast

差之毫釐，失之千里 [差之毫厘，失之千里] cha1 zhi1 hao2 li2 , shi1 zhi1 qian1 li3
: the slightest difference leads to a huge loss; a miss is as good as a mile