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  *千* | 千* | *千
thousand
HSK 2
kilogram
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HSK 2
ten million / countless / many / one must by all means
HSK 3
countless changes / constant permutation
HSK 7-9
lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
HSK 7-9
magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower / all the King's horses and all the King's men
HSK 7-9
every family (idiom)
HSK 7-9
lit. a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / fig. (at the) critical; perilous (moment)
millennium
lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
thousand jin (pounds) of gold / money and riches / (honorific) invaluable (support) / (honorific) daughter
for all eternity / throughout all ages / eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead)
Chiba (Japanese surname and place name)
the first year of a millennium (esp. the year 2000)
myriads / hundred billion
a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance
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.
Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
jack (for lifting weight)
giga- / (computer networking) gigabits per second; 1000Base-T
a thousand years / your birthday (honorific)
(coll.) one thousand or almost one thousand
thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say / talking nonstop
Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959
extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon
(idiom) (of a woman) bewitching; charming
absolutely true (idiom) / manifold / true from many points of view
(idiom) to hack (sb) to pieces (punishment in former times)
(idiom) to come in many different shapes; to display a great variety of forms
thousand miles distant
extremely difficult
after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom) / the vicissitudes of life
kilowatt-hour
repeatedly urging / imploring over and over again
totally submissive (idiom)
(idiom) extremely diverse / to vary greatly
to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations / with difficulty / after some effort
a lot of people (literary)
Kuril Islands, archipelago in Sakhalin, far-eastern Russia
Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈
clairvoyance
Buddhist grottos
plethora of things to tackle / multitude of loose ends / very complicated / chaotic
lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed
thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive / once you've seen one, you've seen them all
a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
to have eternal regrets (idiom)
Qianyang County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡, Shaanxi
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
kilowatt (unit of electric power)
kilobyte
kilocycle (KC), equals to 1,000 Hz
fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly / extravagant
linked in countless ways
kilohertz / kHz
throughout the ages
Qianshan district of Anshan city 鞍山市, Liaoning
reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human
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
kilocalorie (Kcal)
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.
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.
sb condemned by history (idiom)
from distant parts
Qianyang County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡, Shaanxi
kilobit
kilohertz
micrometer screw gauge; micrometer
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
the thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
kilometer
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one
kilovolt
kiloton
Trinidad and Tobago
thousand island dressing
Chiba prefecture, Japan
lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (proverb) / fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it
can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
to select very carefully
millipede
Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈
kilopascal (kPa, unit of pressure)
Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
(archaic) a state with a thousand chariots (to fight a war) – a powerful state
lasagna
kilojoule
Generation Y / Millennial Generation
constantly changing, ever-varying (idiom)
lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
Trinidad and Tobago (Tw)
kilobase pair (molecular biology)


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