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千里 meaning in English

qiānlǐ

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

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Meaning of 千里

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qiānlǐ
  1. a thousand miles
  2. a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers)
  3. a long distance

千里 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

千qiān里lǐ之zhī行xíng，始shǐ于yú足zú下xià。
A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
电diàn脑nǎo产chǎn业yè的de发fā展zhǎn一yī日rì千qiān里lǐ。
The development of the computer industry has been very rapid.
在zài中zhōng国guó，人rén们men常cháng把bǎ有yǒu能néng力lì的de人rén喻yù为wèi“千qiān里lǐ马mǎ”。
In China, talented people are often described as "ten thousand mile horses".
失shī之zhī毫háo厘lí，谬miù之zhī千qiān里lǐ。
Slight inattention can cause a great disaster.
有yǒu缘yuán千qiān里lǐ来lái相xiāng会huì，无wú缘yuán对duì面miàn不bù相xiāng逢féng。
Those fated to meet will do so regardless of distance. Those not fated will not, even if they are across from one another.

Stroke order for each character

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千 qiān · thousand · 3 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3

里 lǐ · lining · 7 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
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  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 千里.

这里zhèlǐhere
那里nàlǐthere; that place
哪里nǎlǐwhere?; somewhere
家里jiā lihome
里边lǐbianinside
心里xīnlǐchest; heart; mind
公里gōnglǐkilometer
里头lǐtouinside; interior
夜里yèlǐduring the night; at night
千克qiānkèkilogram
里面lǐmiàninside; interior
千万qiānwànten million; countless

Questions about 千里

What does 千里 mean?

千里 (qiānlǐ) means "a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers)".

How do you write 千里?

千里 is made of 2 characters: 千 (3 strokes), 里 (7 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.