千 qiān

thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler

HSK 2 #599

DEFINITIONS

  • thousand
  • many, numerous
  • very
  • (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
  • thousand
  • see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

STROKES

WORDS

一掷千金 yī zhì qiān jīn lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly; extravagant
千丝万缕 qiān sī wàn lǚ linked in countless ways
千亿 qiān yì myriads; hundred billion
大千世界 dà qiān shì jiè great wide world; marvelously diverse world; (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4])
千奇百怪 qiān qí bǎi guài fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
千古 qiān gǔ for all eternity; throughout all ages
一诺千金 yī nuò qiān jīn a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
千变万化 qiān biàn wàn huà countless changes; constant permutation
千刀万剐 qiān dāo wàn guǎ to make mincemeat of sb; to hack sb to pieces (used while cursing)
千瓦 qiān wǎ kilowatt (unit of electric power)
千头万绪 qiān tóu wàn xù plethora of things to tackle; multitude of loose ends; very complicated; chaotic
四两拨千斤 sì liǎng bō qiān jīn lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom); fig. to achieve much with little effort
千伏 qiān fú kilovolt
千家万户 qiān jiā wàn hù every family (idiom)
千里眼 qiān lǐ yǎn clairvoyance
各有千秋 gè yǒu qiān qiū each has its own merits (idiom)
不远千里 bù yuǎn qiān lǐ make light of traveling a thousand li; go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
千米 qiān mǐ kilometer
一失足成千古恨 yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
千岛湖 qiān dǎo hú Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959
千夫 qiān fū a lot of people (literary)
千差万别 qiān chā wàn bié manifold diversity
千军万马 qiān jūn wàn mǎ magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower; all the King's horses and all the King's men
千里马 qiān lǐ mǎ lit. ten thousand mile horse; fine steed
万水千山 wàn shuǐ qiān shān ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom); the trials and tribulations of a long journey; a long and difficult road
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