Chinese

裡面

lǐmiàn

inside; interior

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characterChinese裡 “in; inside”
- meaningChinese衣 “garment; clothes; clothing (Classifier: 件)”
- soundChinese里 “li (a unit of distance equal to half a kilometre in modern Mainland China)”
  - ideaChinese田 “farmland (Classifier: 塊／块 m c)”
  - ideaChinese土 “earth; soil”
characterChinese面 “face (Classifier: 塊／块 c)”
- simplified fromChinese麵 “flour”
  - meaningChinese麥 “general term for wheat, barley, oats, ryes, etc.”
    - soundChinese來 “to come; to arrive”
    - meaningChinese夊 “of going, slow”