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  *千* | 千* | *千
thousand
HSK 2
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HSK 2
kilogram
HSK 2
ten million / countless / many / one must by all means
HSK 3
every family (idiom)
HSK 7-9
lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / fig. untold numbers; innumerable; countless
HSK 7-9
countless changes / constant permutation
HSK 7-9
lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
HSK 7-9
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. a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / fig. (at the) critical; perilous (moment)
HSK 7-9
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
goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
repeatedly urging / imploring over and over again
lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
in different poses and with different expressions / in thousands of postures (idiom)
kilojoule
cosmos (Buddhism)
Generation Y / Millennial Generation
fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom); constant fighting across the country / never-ending struggle
micrometer screw gauge; micrometer
absolutely true (idiom) / manifold / true from many points of view
swing (seat hung from a frame or branch)
fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
millennium
Chiba (Japanese surname and place name)
the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
for all eternity / throughout all ages / eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead)
(idiom) (of a cliff, mountain etc) steep; lofty; imposing
myriad / multitudinous / multifarious
several thousand
the year 2000 / 2000 years
myriads / hundred billion
a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance
Chiba prefecture, Japan
the first year of a millennium (esp. the year 2000)
ten thousand or almost ten thousand
a good reputation to last down the generations
a thousand years / your birthday (honorific)
(coll.) one thousand or almost one thousand
sb condemned by history (idiom)
thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say / talking nonstop
thousands (of sth)
to swing (on a swing)
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon
(idiom) (of a woman) bewitching; charming
(idiom) to hack (sb) to pieces (punishment in former times)
thousand miles distant
light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)
extremely difficult
lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom) / fig. to achieve much with little effort
after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom) / the vicissitudes of life
kilowatt-hour
ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom); the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road
thousands of purples and reds (idiom); a blaze of color / fig. a profusion of flourishing trades
totally submissive (idiom)
lit. a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold (idiom) / fig. a promise that can be counted on
(idiom) extremely diverse / to vary greatly
to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations / with difficulty / after some effort
a lot of people (literary)
Kuril Islands, archipelago in Sakhalin, far-eastern Russia
Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈
a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
total annihilation
clairvoyance
Buddhist grottos
plethora of things to tackle / multitude of loose ends / very complicated / chaotic
lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed
lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom); fig. nobody is infallible
swindler; cheat (in gambling)
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
thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive / once you've seen one, you've seen them all
make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
to have eternal regrets (idiom)
great wide world / marvelously diverse world / (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界)
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
kilowatt (unit of electric power)
each has its own merits (idiom)
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
kilocycle (KC), equals to 1,000 Hz
the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
thousands
heavily damaged / (fig.) full of holes / riddled with problems
lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly / extravagant
linked in countless ways
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
kilohertz / kHz
Qianshan district of Anshan city 鞍山市, Liaoning
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
kilocalorie (Kcal)
goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
(idiom) to come in many different shapes; to display a great variety of forms
after innumerable ages
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.
(idiom) from a great distance; (to come) from afar

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