Chinese Idioms Containing “千”

Keep promises faithfully

Nghĩa đen: One promise thousand gold

Perfected through repeated refinement

Nghĩa đen: Thousand hammers hundred forges

Ever-changing; constantly varying

Nghĩa đen: Thousand changes ten thousand transformations

Travel a great distance

Nghĩa đen: A thousand miles distant

Willingly travel far; make great efforts

Nghĩa đen: Not consider a thousand miles far

Invaluable writing

Nghĩa đen: One word worth a thousand gold

Lack of originality

Nghĩa đen: Thousand pieces one pattern

Extreme danger

Nghĩa đen: A thousand jun on one hair

Overcome great obstacles

Nghĩa đen: Thousand mountains, ten thousand rivers

Diverse and flourishing

Nghĩa đen: Ten thousand purples, thousand reds

Rapid decline

Nghĩa đen: Fall a thousand zhang