English Explanatory Dictionary

Chinese mile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A li, a traditional Chinese unit of distance equal to 1500 Chinese feet or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).

Word forms

Chinese mile Chinese miles

Etymology

By analogy with the similar Roman and English unit, although the li was somewhat shorter.

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