| 千 | 1148A35 90.10 | 部居  | 畫數 3 | ㄑㄧㄢ [qian1] | ||
| N. & adj. | (1) A thousand: 整千整萬 thousands; 以千計 count by the thousands; 千慮一得 even a fool may sometimes have a good idea; 千慮一失 even a wise man sometimes makes a mistake; 千鈞一髮 a thousand catties hang upon one hair -- extremely delicate situation; 千載一時，千載難逢 once in a lifetime, golden chance; myriad, innumerable, all sorts of, oft. in conjunction with 百 (hundred) or 萬 (ten thousand): 千方百計 use all sorts of wiles and methods; 千篇一律 (of speech, writing) stereotyped, all alike, monotonous; 千呼百喚 called a great many times (before lady will come out); 千迴百轉 innumerable twists and turns; 千奇百怪 all sorts of strange things; 千言萬語 innumerable words (to persuade); 千思萬想 think over and over again; 千頭萬緒 (of things) extremely complicated and difficult to unravel, a thousand things to attend to; 千千萬萬 tens of thousands. (2) A surname. | |||||
| Adv. | Very, a thousand times: 千祈 (LL) I pray a thousand times (for pardon, acceptance); 千祈勿怪 please do not take offence; see esp. 千萬 [qian1wan4]↓; 千不該，萬不該 deeply (a thousand times) regret; 千了百當 excellent to the nth degree; 千嬌百媚 a thousand charms; 千真萬確 absolutely true, one can swear it is true. | |||||
| Words | 1. 千秋 [qian1qiu1], n., (1) a thousand years; 各有千秋 each in his own way has made an important contribution; (2) a birthday congratulation. 2. 千屈菜 [qian1qU1cai4], n., (bot.) the purple lythrum. 3. 千伏特 [qian1fu2te4], n., kilovolt. 4. 千古 [qian1gu3], adj., (1) historic, of the ages: 千古奇談 strange stories of the ages; (2) 某某千古 formula in condolences at funerals, “So-and-so has joint the ancients.” 5. 千金 [qian1jin1], n., (1) (coll. & litr.) your daughter: 三千金 three daughters; (2) a thousand ounces of gold -- a heavy price or extremely precious: 千金一笑 a million-dollar smile (“one smile is worth a thousand ounces of gold”); 千金之體 your precious health; 一擲千金 gamble at high stakes. 6. 千週 [qian1zhou1], n., kilocycle. 7. 千兒 [qian1er0], n., see 打千兒 10A.00. 8. 千里 [qian1li3], n., (lit.) a thousand [li1], a long distance: 千里鏡 a telescope, a field glass; 千里馬 a good thoroughbred; n., 千里駒 a fine race pony, usu., (court.) your brilliant son; n., 千里眼 (myth.) one who can see several hundred miles away, sometimes (coll.) a field glass. 9. 千門 [qian1men2], (LL) a palace gate. 10. 千眠 [chianmian2], adj., arch. var. of 芊  .11. 千年 [qian1nian2], phr., a thousand years; 千年艾 (bot.) Chrysanthemum decaisneanum; 千年  (bot.) Rhodea japonica (usu. called 萬年青).12. 千日紅 [qian1ri4hong2], n., (bot.) common globe amaranth, gomphrena globosa. 13. 千歲 [qian1sui4], phr., (1) a thousand years; (2) Your Highness (to a prince, dist. 萬歲 “[ban1sui4]” for Your Majesty). 14. 千層底 [qian1ceng2di3], n., shoe sole made of many layers of cloth, firmly stitched together, hence 千底鞋 shoes with cloth soles. 15. 千瓦 (  ) [qian1wa3], n., kilowatt (kw.).16. 千萬 [qian1wan4], (1) adv., please do: 千萬小心 please do be careful: 千萬要記得 please do remember; adv., esp. in emphatic negative: 千萬勿忘記 on no account fail to remember; (oft. at end of letter: 千萬千萬 or 千萬珍重 do take care of your health; (2) adj., numerous: 千千萬萬 myriads of. 17. 千葉 [qian1ye4], n., (flowers) of multiple petals. 18. 千億 [qian1yi4], n., myriads; 一千億 (lit.) 100,000,000,000 (one hundred thousand million). | |||||