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thousand
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kilogram
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ten million / countless / many / one must by all means
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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
lit. a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / fig. (at the) critical; perilous (moment)
HSK 7-9
countless changes / constant permutation
HSK 7-9
every family (idiom)
HSK 7-9
lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / fig. untold numbers; innumerable; countless
HSK 7-9
myriads / hundred billion
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
kilovolt
millennium
kilometer
kilowatt (unit of electric power)
myriad / multitudinous / multifarious
repeatedly urging / imploring over and over again
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one
micrometer screw gauge; micrometer
for all eternity / throughout all ages / eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead)
linked in countless ways
Qianyang County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡, Shaanxi
fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
a thousand years / your birthday (honorific)
(idiom) from a great distance; (to come) from afar
each has its own merits (idiom)
lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed
after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom) / the vicissitudes of life
swing (seat hung from a frame or branch)
(idiom) (of a woman) bewitching; charming
kilocalorie (Kcal)
jack (for lifting weight)
the thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
(idiom) to come in many different shapes; to display a great variety of forms
lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon
Chiba (Japanese surname and place name)
throughout the ages
make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
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
plethora of things to tackle / multitude of loose ends / very complicated / chaotic
to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations / with difficulty / after some effort
(idiom) to hack (sb) to pieces (punishment in former times)
(idiom) extremely diverse / to vary greatly
lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
absolutely true (idiom) / manifold / true from many points of view
lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly / extravagant
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive / once you've seen one, you've seen them all
the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
great wide world / marvelously diverse world / (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界)
extremely difficult
thousands
total annihilation
thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say / talking nonstop
heavily damaged / (fig.) full of holes / riddled with problems
(coll.) one thousand or almost one thousand
for all eternity (idiom)
reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human
sb condemned by history (idiom)
(idiom) time is gold; every minute is precious
a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
after innumerable ages
to shine through the ages (idiom)
kilohertz
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
totally submissive (idiom)
lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly / extravagant
thousand miles distant
clairvoyance
Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章
square kilometer
kilowatt-hour
the first year of a millennium (esp. the year 2000)
a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈
giga- / (computer networking) gigabits per second; 1000Base-T
Generation Y / Millennial Generation
lasagna
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
kilopascal (kPa, unit of pressure)
Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century
Buddhist grottos
lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom) / fig. to achieve much with little effort
kilobyte
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
to cheat (in gambling)
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
genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand
millipede

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