千 qiān

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

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DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

万紫千红 wàn zǐ qiān hóng thousands of purples and reds (idiom); a blaze of color; fig. a profusion of flourishing trades
千姿百态 qiān zī bǎi tài in different poses and with different expressions; in thousands of postures (idiom)
千里 qiān lǐ a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance
成千成万 chéng qiān chéng wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
横扫千军 héng sǎo qiān jūn total annihilation
老千 lǎo qiān cheat; swindler (in gambling)
一刻千金 yī kè qiān jīn time is gold; every minute counts
一千零一夜 yī qiān líng yī yè The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
一字千金 yī zì qiān jīn one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect; each word is highly valued
一擲千金 yī zhì qiān jīn lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly; extravagant
一日千里 yī rì qiān lǐ lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
一言千金 yī yán qiān jīn one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice; words of enormous weight
一諾千金 yī nuò qiān jīn a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
三千大千世界 sān qiān dà qiān shì jiè cosmos (Buddhism)
上下五千年 shàng xià wǔ qiān nián popular history of China in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹余章
不遠千里 bù yuǎn qiān lǐ make light of traveling a thousand li; go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
克孜尔千佛洞 kè zī ěr qiān fó dòng Kezil thousand-Buddha grotto in Baicheng 拜城, Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
克孜爾千佛洞 kè zī ěr qiān fó dòng Kezil thousand-Buddha grotto in Baicheng 拜城, Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
两千年 liǎng qiān nián the year 2000; 2000 years
兩千年 liǎng qiān nián the year 2000; 2000 years
出千 chū qiān see 出老千[chu1 lao3 qian1]
出老千 chū lǎo qiān to cheat (in gambling)
十万八千里 shí wàn bā qiān lǐ light-years (apart); a million miles (apart); (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)
十萬八千里 shí wàn bā qiān lǐ light-years (apart); a million miles (apart); (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)
千乘之国 qiān shèng zhī guó (archaic) a state with a thousand chariots (to fight a war) – a powerful state
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