千 qiān

1. qiān number one thousand
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '千'; Guoyu '千' n 1; Kroll 2015 '千' 1, p. 359; Mathews 1931 '千', p. 124; NCCED '千' 1; Unihan '千')
2. qiān adjective many; numerous; countless
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 千方百計 'by every possible means' (CC-CEDICT '千'; CEDCI '千方百計'; Guoyu '千' adj; Kroll 2015 '千' 1a, p. 359; Mathews 1931 '千', p. 124; NCCED '千' 2; Unihan '千').
3. qiān adverb very
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '千')
4. qiān noun a cheat; swindler
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Cantonese (Unihan '千')
5. qiān proper noun Qian
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '千' n 2)

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• 咫尺千里 so close, yet worlds apart
• 八千 eight thousand
• 千载一会(千載一會) a one in a thousand years occurrence
• 七千 seven thousand
• 一字千金 one word worth a thousand in gold; (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect; each word is highly valued
• 千位元 kilobit
• 百孔千疮(百孔千瘡) full of holes; riddled with problems
• 五千文 Five Thousand Character Classic
• 千虑一得(千慮一得) a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.)
• 恶事传千里(惡事傳千里) evil deeds spread a thousand miles; scandal spreads like wildfire
• 成千成万(成千成萬) by the thousands and tens of thousands; untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
• 千岁日至(千歲日至) solstice a thousand years ago
• 万马千军(萬馬千軍) a huge number of horses and soldiers
• 千万(千萬) ten million ; countless; many ; by all means; absolutely [do not]
• 千钧(千鈞) a thousand catties; very heavy
• 运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外(運籌帷幄之中，決勝千里之外) a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle
• 千方万计(千方萬計) by all means possible
• 千生万死(千生萬死) a thousand lives and ten thousand deaths; very dangerous
• 差之毫厘，失之千里(差之毫釐，失之千里) the slightest difference leads to a great loss
• 千山万水(千山萬水) a large distance of land and sea
• 千层面(千層麵) lasagna
• 秤砣虽小压千斤(秤砣雖小壓千斤) although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds; apparently insignificant details can have a large impact
• 千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重(千里送鵝毛，禮輕情意重) goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
• 千伏 kilovolt
• 千方百计(千方百計) by every possible means
• 成千累万(成千累萬) by the thousands and tens of thousands; untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
• 失之毫厘，差之千里(失之毫釐，差之千里) a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake; a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
• 千百年 over a thousand years
• 万古千秋(萬古千秋) for all eternity
• 千里之外 thousand miles distant
• 千疮百孔(千瘡百孔) full of holes; riddled with problems
• 千年如昨 a thousand years past is like yesterday
• 千叶(千葉) Chiba
• 千卡 kilocalorie (Kcal)
• 转战千里(轉戰千里) fighting everywhere over a thousand miles; constant fighting across the country
• 一言千金 one word worth a thousand in gold; valuable advice; words of enormous weight
• 十万八千里(十萬八千里) light-years (apart); a million miles (apart)
• 千方 veratile
• 千家万户(千家萬戶) every family
• 两千年(兩千年) the year 2000; 2000 years
• 千支万派(千支萬派) a thousand branches and ten thousand schools
• 一诺千金(一諾千金) a promise worth one thousand in gold; a promise that must be kept
• 好事不出门，恶事传千里(好事不出門，惡事傳千里) good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles

Also contained in

一千零一夜 、 千阳 、 张大千 、 千佛崖 、 千山区 、 千总 、 千金要方 、 千字文

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Truncated for common words

• 卷九十 志第六十六 兵二 Volume 90 Treatises 66: Military 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 484
• 卷一百七十一 志第一百二十四 職官十一 Volume 171 Treatises 124: Offical Posts 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 359
• 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 232
• 卷四十 志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 228
• 卷八十六　志第三十六: 　百官二 Volume 86 Treatises 39: Official Posts 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 185
• 卷三十八 志第十八: 地理一 Volume 38 Treatises 18: Geography 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 170
• 卷一百七十二 志第一百二十五 職官十二 Volume 172 Treatises 125: Offical Posts 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 158
• 卷三十九 志第十九: 地理二 Volume 39 Treatises 19: Geography 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 152
• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 128
• 卷十二 志第二 歷上 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Calendar 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 115

Collocations

• 千乘 (千乘) 公車千乘 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 魯頌‧駉之什‧閟宮 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Bi Gong — count: 51
• 千人 (千人) 甲士三千人以戍曹 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 49
• 三千 (三千) 騋牝三千 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧定之方中 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Ding Zhi Fang Zhong — count: 35
• 二千 (二千) 然則二萬二千六百有六旬也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 12
• 车千 (車千) 皆請以車千乘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 11
• 千钟 (千鐘) 授祿千鍾 — Guanzi 管子, 小問第五十一 Chapter 51: Minor Questions — count: 10
• 千室 (千室) 晉侯賞桓子狄臣千室 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 6
• 千世 (千世) 紂千世而一出 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 難勢第四十 Chapter 40: Difficulties with a Position of Power — count: 6
• 数千 (數千) 從數千 — Mozi 墨子, 卷八 明鬼下 Book 8 - On Ghosts III — count: 4
• 马千 (馬千) 使女有馬千乘乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 4