Boost Chinese and UK measures of distance (4)
I believe the answer is:
lift
'boost' is the definition.
(both can mean to steal)
'chinese and uk measures of distance' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'distance' could be 'ft' and 'ft' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'li' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lift that I've seen before include "remove" , "Raise - hoist" , "encouragement" , "Raise, elevate" , "Pick up" .)