Chinese mile

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from unit

Definitions

  1. A li, a traditional Chinese unit of distance equal to 1500 Chinese feet or 150 zhangs,…

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

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