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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *万* | 万* | *万
ten thousand / a great number
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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *千* | 千* | *千
thousand
HSK 2
magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower / all the King's horses and all the King's men
HSK 7-9
lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
HSK 7-9
the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom) / one's future prospects are brilliant
HSK 7-9
a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance
far away / thousands of miles; 10,000 li
ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom); the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road
thousand jin (pounds) of gold / money and riches / (honorific) invaluable (support) / (honorific) daughter
Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
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  *仟* | 仟* | *仟
thousand (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
ten thousand houses or households
Aladdin, character in one of the tales in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
hundred thousand
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one
thousands of purples and reds (idiom); a blaze of color / fig. a profusion of flourishing trades
over ten thousand / fig. untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
a thousand years / your birthday (honorific)
lit. a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / fig. (at the) critical; perilous (moment)
lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed
the lingering death / the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)
the thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom) / fig. going full steam ahead
lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
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
make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
tens of thousands / numerous
lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive
lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / fig. untold numbers; innumerable; countless
lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money / extremely wealthy / loaded
(idiom) one man guarding the pass can prevent the passage of ten thousand
many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do
ten thousand strings of cash / very wealthy / millionaire
lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly / extravagant
lit. to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom) / fig. overcome with sorrow / fig. to lambaste; to rip sb to shreds
thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive / once you've seen one, you've seen them all
lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly / extravagant
lit. ten thousand fathoms / fig. extremely high or deep / lofty / bottomless
thousands
ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out
thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say / talking nonstop
(coll.) one thousand or almost one thousand
a match for ten thousand enemies
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  *w* | w* | *w
(Internet slang) ten thousand (abbr. for 萬|万)
reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human
thousands of horses, all mute (idiom); no-one dares to speak out / an atmosphere of political oppression
a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do
lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value / I wouldn't be parted with it for anything.
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice / words of enormous weight
ten thousand people / all the people / everyman
thousand miles distant
perpetual calendar / ten thousand year calendar / Islamic calendar introduced to Yuan China by Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁
Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈
Wang Ximeng (c. 1096-c. 1119), Song artist, probably teenage prodigy who died young, painter of Thousand Miles of Landscape 千里江山
lit. read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom) / fig. acquire knowledge from study and wisdom from practical experience
lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom) / fig. to achieve much with little effort
Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈
lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom); fig. nobody is infallible
lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
Kezil thousand-Buddha grotto in Baicheng 拜城, Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles / a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
evil deeds spread a thousand miles (idiom); scandal spreads like wildfire
Sun Simiao (c. 581-682), doctor and herbalist of the Sui and Tang dynasty, author of Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold 千金要方
several tens of thousands / many thousand
a match for ten thousand enemies
(archaic) a state with a thousand chariots (to fight a war) – a powerful state
thousand island dressing
the ten thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains / a vast territory (idiom)
first line of the Thousand Character Classic 千字文
a thousand things remain to be done (idiom) / numerous tasks remain to be undertaken
a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom) / when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down
fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home
to be able to plan victory from a thousand miles away (idiom)
lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
to number in the thousands
the hundred thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom) / fig. there's no place like home
several thousand
Kumutula thousand-Buddha grotto in Kuqa, Xinjiang
lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
hundreds / a large number / lit. by the hundreds and thousands
one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb) / to a fearless person, no fence is high enough
thousands (of sth)
the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, in the Turpan Basin, Xinjiang
to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun) / to treat with disdain / to defy
in different poses and with different expressions / in thousands of postures (idiom)
(idiom) to cut up sb's body into thousands of pieces (a hyperbolic threat)
ten thousand or almost ten thousand
hundreds and thousands of mountains
World Wide Web (WWW) / lit. ten-thousand dimensional net covering heaven and earth / term coined by China News Digest and abbr. to 萬維網|万维网

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