里应外合 — Chinese idiom
里应外合
lǐ yìng wài hé
Traditional: 裡應外合
Meaning
- to coordinate outside and inside offensives
- (fig.) to act together
Character by character
- 里lǐunit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
- 应yìngshould, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with,
- 外wàiout, outside, external; foreign; in addition
- 合héto combine, to join, to unite; to gather
Idioms sharing a character
- 一日千里 yī rì qiān lǐ
- 千里迢迢 qiān lǐ tiáo tiáo
- 千里鹅毛 qiān lǐ é máo
- 吃里扒外 chī lǐ pá wài
- 字里行间 zì lǐ háng jiān
- 心里有数 xīn lǐ yǒu shù
- 忙里偷闲 máng lǐ tōu xián
- 曲里拐弯 qū lǐ guǎi wān
- 死里逃生 sǐ lǐ táo shēng
- 决胜千里 jué shèng qiān lǐ
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