lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom) / rapid progress
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) / "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt
folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[] / popular art forms (contrasted with 陽春白雪|阳春白雪[], highbrow art forms)
not to understand the situation / unaware of the ins and outs
unaware of the inner workings / naive / unwitting
make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
just as bad / not much better
foolish / stupid
creole language
the inside
light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)
the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements / (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city
a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance
see 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴|千里之堤，溃于蚁穴[]
(lit.) an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / (fig.) huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
thousand miles distant
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one
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
even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
clairvoyance
goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
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.
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.
lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed
(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
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[]
half outside, half inside / half interior, half exterior
quaint / odd and picturesque / weird and wonderful
lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom) / not content with what one already has / (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
see 吃著碗裡，看著鍋裡|吃着碗里，看着锅里[]
(idiom) to work against the interests of sb one derives support from / to double-cross one's employer / to bite the hand that feeds
(loanword) caliph / also written 哈利發|哈利发[]
caliphate
you're too kind / you flatter me
see 嘰哩咕嚕|叽哩咕噜[]
ton-kilometer (unit of capacity of transport system)
(onom.) crackling of firecrackers / pitter-patter of rain / burst of applause
long-winded / verbose
all around
unsophisticated / rustic / uncouth
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27