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li

li (Chinese unit of distance)

noun LEE Rare

Usage Note

Li is a loanword from Chinese denoting a traditional unit of distance equal to roughly 500 metres. It appears almost exclusively in texts about China or Chinese history and is invariable in French (no plural -s marker is typically added).

Examples

"Le village se trouve à dix li de la ville."

Natural Translation

The village is ten li from the town.

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