Chinese Idioms Containing “千”

Keep promises faithfully

Signification littérale: One promise thousand gold

Perfected through repeated refinement

Signification littérale: Thousand hammers hundred forges

Ever-changing; constantly varying

Signification littérale: Thousand changes ten thousand transformations

Travel a great distance

Signification littérale: A thousand miles distant

Willingly travel far; make great efforts

Signification littérale: Not consider a thousand miles far

Invaluable writing

Signification littérale: One word worth a thousand gold

Lack of originality

Signification littérale: Thousand pieces one pattern

Extreme danger

Signification littérale: A thousand jun on one hair

Overcome great obstacles

Signification littérale: Thousand mountains, ten thousand rivers

Diverse and flourishing

Signification littérale: Ten thousand purples, thousand reds

Rapid decline

Signification littérale: Fall a thousand zhang