千叮万嘱 | qiān dīng wàn zhǔ | repeatedly urging; imploring over and over again |
千周 | qiān zhōu | kilohertz; kHz |
千吨 | qiān dūn | kiloton |
千吨级核武器 | qiān dūn jí hé wǔ qì | kiloton weapon |
千夫 | qiān fū | a lot of people (literary) |
千奇百怪 | qiān qí bǎi guài | fantastic oddities of every description (idiom) |
千姿百态 | qiān zī bǎi tài | in different poses and with different expressions; in thousands of postures (idiom) |
千字文 | qiān zì wén | Thousand character classic, 6th century poem used as traditional reading primer |
千字节 | qiān zì jié | kilobyte |
千层面 | qiān céng miàn | lasagna |
千山区 | Qiān shān qū | Qianshan district of Anshan city 鞍山市, Liaoning |
千岛列岛 | qiān dǎo liè dǎo | Kuril Islands (chain between Kamchatka and Hokkaido); same as 库页岛 |
千岛湖 | Qiān dǎo hú | Qiandao Lake |
千岛群岛 | Qiān dǎo qún dǎo | Kuril island chain between Kamchatka and Hokkaidō; Japanese Chishima-rettō; same as 库页岛 |
千岛酱 | qiān dǎo jiàng | thousand island dressing |
千帕 | qiān pà | kiloPascal (kPa, unit of pressure) |
千年 | qiān nián | millennium |
千年前 | qiān nián qián | a thousand years ago |
千虑一失 | qiān lǜ yī shī | reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human |
千虑一得 | qiān lǜ yī dé | 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. |
千禧年 | qiān xǐ nián | Millennium |
千秋万代 | qiān qiū wàn dài | throughout the ages |
千经万卷 | qiān jīng wàn juǎn | lit. a thousand sutras, ten thousand scrolls; fig. the vast Buddhist canon |
千叶 | Qiān yè | Chiba, Japan |
千叶县 | Qiān yè xiàn | Chiba prefecture, Japan |
千言万语 | qiān yán wàn yǔ | thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say; talking nonstop |
千变万轸 | qiān biàn wàn zhěn | constantly changing, ever-varying (idiom) |
千赫兹 | qiān hè zī | kilohertz; kHz |
千足虫 | qiān zú chóng | millipede |
千军易得, 一将难求 | qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú | easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general (idiom) |
千载难逢 | qiān zǎi nán féng | lit. hard to meet in a thousand years (idiom); extremely rare opportunity; once in a blue moon |
千里 | qiān lǐ | a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance |
千里之堤, 溃于蚁穴 | qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué | an ant hole causing the collapse of a great dike.; Huge damage from a moment's negligence (idiom) |
千里之外 | qiān lǐ zhī wài | thousand miles distant |
千里寄鹅毛 | qiān lǐ jì é máo | goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it; also written 千里送鹅毛 |
千里送鹅毛 | qiān lǐ sòng é máo | goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it |
千里送鹅毛, 礼轻人意重 | qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng | 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. |
千里送鹅毛, 礼轻情意重 | qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng | 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. |
千里达和多巴哥 | Qiān lǐ dá hé Duō bā gē | Trinidad and Tobago |
千里鹅毛 | qiān lǐ é máo | goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it; also written 千里送鹅毛 |
千金一掷 | qiān jīn yī zhì | lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly; extravagant |
千金一诺 | qiān jīn yī nuò | a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept |
千金方 | Qiān jīn fāng | Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medecine by Sūn Sīmiǎo 孙思邈 |
千金要方 | Qiān jīn yào fāng | Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medecine by Sūn Sīmiǎo 孙思邈 |
千金难买 | qiān jīn nán mǎi | can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom) |
千钧一发 | qiān jūn yī fā | a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom); imminent peril; a matter of life or death |
千阳 | Qiān yáng | Qianyang county in Bǎojī 宝鸡, Shǎnxī |
千阳县 | Qiān yáng xiàn | Qianyang county in Bǎojī 宝鸡, Shǎnxī |
千难万难 | qiān nán wàn nán | extremely difficult |
千头万绪 | qiān tóu wàn xù | plethora of things to tackle; multitude of loose ends; very complicated; chaotic |