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(qiān) thousand

千伏 (w)

(qiānfú) kilovolt

千位 (w)

(qiānwèi) the thousands place (or column) in the decimal system

千位元 (w)

(qiānwèiyuán) kilobit

千佛洞 (w)

(qiānfódòng) thousand Buddha grotto; refers to Mogao caves 莫高窟 in Dunhuang 敦煌, Gansu

千亿 (w)

(qiānyì) myriads; hundred billion

千克 (w)

(qiānkè) kilogram

千刀万剐 (w)

(qiāndāowànguǎ) to make mincemeat of sb; to hack sb to pieces (used while cursing)

千千万万 (w)

(qiānqiānwànwàn) lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands

千卡 (w)

(qiānkǎ) kilocalorie (Kcal)

千古 (w)

(qiāngǔ) for all eternity; throughout all ages

千古罪人 (w)

(qiāngǔzuìrén) sb condemned by history (idiom)

千古遗恨 (w)

(qiāngǔyíhèn) to have eternal regrets (idiom)

千叮万嘱 (w)

(qiāndīngwànzhǔ) repeatedly urging; imploring over and over again

千周 (w)

(qiānzhōu) kilohertz; kHz

千吨 (w)

(qiāndūn) kiloton

千吨级核武器 (w)

(qiāndūnjíhéwǔqì) kiloton weapon

千夫 (w)

(qiānfū) a lot of people (literary)

千奇百怪 (w)

(qiānqíbǎiguài) fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)

千姿百态 (w)

(qiānzībǎitài) in different poses and with different expressions; in thousands of postures (idiom)

千字文 (w)

(qiānzìwén) Thousand character classic, 6th century poem used as traditional reading primer

千字节 (w)

(qiānzìjié) kilobyte

千家万户 (w)

(qiānjiāwànhù) (saying) every family

千层面 (w)

(qiāncéngmiàn) lasagna

千山区 (w)

(qiānshānqū) Qianshan district of Anshan city 鞍山市[An1 shan1 shi4], Liaoning

千岛列岛 (w)

(qiāndǎolièdǎo) Kuril Islands (chain between Kamchatka and Hokkaido); same as 庫頁島|库页岛

千岛湖 (w)

(qiāndǎohú) Qiandao Lake

千岛群岛 (w)

(qiāndǎoqúndǎo) Kuril island chain between Kamchatka and Hokkaidō; Japanese Chishima-rettō; same as 庫頁島|库页岛

千岛酱 (w)

(qiāndǎojiàng) thousand island dressing

千差万别 (w)

(qiānchāwànbié) manifold diversity

千帕 (w)

(qiānpà) kiloPascal (kPa, unit of pressure)

千年 (w)

(qiānnián) millennium

千年前 (w)

(qiānniánqián) a thousand years ago

千虑一失 (w)

(qiānlǜyīshī) reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human

千虑一得 (w)

(qiānlǜyīdé) 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.

千斤顶 (w)

(qiānjīndǐng) jack (for lifting weight)

千方百计 (w)

(qiānfāngbǎijì) lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means

千瓦 (w)

(qiānwǎ) kilowatt (unit of electric power)

千疮百孔 (w)

(qiānchuāngbǎikǒng) riddled with gaping wounds; afflicted with all ills

千真万确 (w)

(qiānzhēnwànquè) absolutely true (idiom); manifold; true from many points of view

千禧年 (w)

(qiānxǐnián) Millennium

千秋 (w)

(qiānqiū) a thousand years; your birthday (honorific)

千秋万代 (w)

(qiānqiūwàndài) throughout the ages

千篇一律 (w)

(qiānpiānyīlǜ) thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive; once you've seen one, you've seen them all

千米 (w)

(qiānmǐ) kilometer

千丝万缕 (w)

(qiānsīwànlǚ) linked in countless ways

千经万卷 (w)

(qiānjīngwànjuǎn) lit. a thousand sutras, ten thousand scrolls; fig. the vast Buddhist canon

千万 (w)

(qiānwàn) ten million; countless; many; one must by all means

千叶 (w)

(qiānyè) Chiba, Japan

千叶县 (w)

(qiānyèxiàn) Chiba prefecture, Japan

千言万语 (w)

(qiānyánwànyǔ) thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say; talking nonstop

千变万化 (w)

(qiānbiànwànhuà) countless changes; constant permutation

千变万轸 (w)

(qiānbiànwànzhěn) constantly changing, ever-varying (idiom)

千赫 (w)

(qiānhè) kilohertz

千赫兹 (w)

(qiānhèzī) kilohertz; kHz

千足虫 (w)

(qiānzúchóng) millipede

千军易得,一将难求 (w)

(qiānjūnyìdéyījiàngnánqiú) Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)

千军万马 (w)

(qiānjūnwànmǎ) magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower; all the King's horses and all the King's men

千载难逢 (w)

(qiānzǎinánféng) lit. hard to meet in a thousand years (idiom); extremely rare opportunity; once in a blue moon

千辛万苦 (w)

(qiānxīnwànkǔ) to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations; with difficulty; after some effort

千里 (w)

(qiānlǐ) a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance

千里之堤,溃于蚁穴 (w)

(qiānlǐzhīdīkuìyúyǐxué) An ant hole causing the collapse of a great dike.; Huge damage from a moment's negligence. (idiom)

千里之外 (w)

(qiānlǐzhīwài) thousand miles distant

千里之行,始于足下 (w)

(qiānlǐzhīxíngshǐyúzúxià) lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step; fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one

千里寄鹅毛 (w)

(qiānlǐjìémáo) goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it; also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛

千里眼 (w)

(qiānlǐyǎn) clairvoyance

千里迢迢 (w)

(qiānlǐtiáotiáo) from distant parts

千里送鹅毛 (w)

(qiānlǐsòngémáo) 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 (w)

(qiānlǐsòngémáolǐqīngrényìzhòng) 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 (w)

(qiānlǐsòngémáolǐqīngqíngyìzhòng) 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 (w)

(qiānlǐdáhéduōbāgē) Trinidad and Tobago

千里马 (w)

(qiānlǐmǎ) lit. ten thousand mile horse; fine steed

千里鹅毛 (w)

(qiānlǐémáo) 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[qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2]

千金 (w)

(qiānjīn) thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches; (honorific) invaluable (support); (honorific) daughter

千金一掷 (w)

(qiānjīnyīzhì) lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly; extravagant

千金一诺 (w)

(qiānjīnyīnuò) a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept

千金方 (w)

(qiānjīnfāng) Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medecine by Sūn Sīmiǎo 孫思邈|孙思邈[Sun1 Si1 miao3]

千金要方 (w)

(qiānjīnyàofāng) Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medecine by Sūn Sīmiǎo 孫思邈|孙思邈[Sun1 Si1 miao3]

千金难买 (w)

(qiānjīnnánmǎi) can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)

千钧一发 (w)

(qiānjūnyīfà) a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom); imminent peril; a matter of life or death

千锤百鍊 (w)

(qiānchuíbǎiliàn) (idiom) after hard work and numerous revisions; the vicissitudes of life

千阳 (w)

(qiānyáng) Qianyang county in Bǎojī 寶雞|宝鸡[Bao3 ji1], Shǎnxī

千阳县 (w)

(qiānyángxiàn) Qianyang county in Bǎojī 寶雞|宝鸡[Bao3 ji1], Shǎnxī

千难万难 (w)

(qiānnánwànnán) extremely difficult

千头万绪 (w)

(qiāntóuwànxù) plethora of things to tackle; multitude of loose ends; very complicated; chaotic

千鸟渊国家公墓 (w)

(qiānniǎoyuānguójiāgōngmù) Chidori ga fuchi, national war cemetery in Tokyo; also called Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

千碱基对 (w)

(qiānjiǎnjīduì) thousand base pair (kbp)

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(qiān) a swing