·noun A Chinese copper coin; a cash. ·see Cash.
II. Li ·noun A Chinese measure of distance, being a little more than one third of a mile.
·noun A small balance. II. Li bella ·noun A level, or leveling instrument. ...
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·add. ·noun The higher literary idiom of Chinese, that of the canonical books and of all composition...
·add. ·- The board or department of foreign affairs in the Chinese government. ·see <<Yamen>>. ...