Chinese Idioms Containing “千”

Keep promises faithfully

Significado literal: One promise thousand gold

Perfected through repeated refinement

Significado literal: Thousand hammers hundred forges

Ever-changing; constantly varying

Significado literal: Thousand changes ten thousand transformations

Travel a great distance

Significado literal: A thousand miles distant

Willingly travel far; make great efforts

Significado literal: Not consider a thousand miles far

Invaluable writing

Significado literal: One word worth a thousand gold

Lack of originality

Significado literal: Thousand pieces one pattern

Extreme danger

Significado literal: A thousand jun on one hair

Overcome great obstacles

Significado literal: Thousand mountains, ten thousand rivers

Diverse and flourishing

Significado literal: Ten thousand purples, thousand reds

Rapid decline

Significado literal: Fall a thousand zhang