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A li, a traditional Chinese unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now…A li, a traditional Chinese unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).
Meaning
1 sensesA li, a traditional Chinese unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).
Origin
From tri- (“three”) + cent (“hundred”), as if from Latin trecentī passūs (“three hundred pFrom tri- (“three”) + cent (“hundred”), as if from Latin trecentī passūs (“three hundred paces”), by analogy with the etymology of mile from Latin mīlle passūs (“mile; a thousand paces”).
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