明里暗里

Traditional form:

明裡暗裡

Pinyin (reading):

mínglǐ'ànlǐ

Definitions:

• both publicly and privately; both overtly and secretly; both explicitly and implicitly

Characters:

• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 暗 - dark, gloomy; obscure; secret, covert
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane

Traditional characters:

• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
• 裡 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 暗 - dark, gloomy; obscure; secret, covert
• 裡 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane