thousand

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: a 1 kg weight.

The Queen of Hearts (qi) dropped a kilogram (千) on her banana (丿) in front of the anthill (an1), and now she uses a cross (十) to try and revive it.
see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

千 character breakdown

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).
ten / 10

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

Characters with 千 as component

kilometer
a drill (for boring through rock)

Words with 千

lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive
lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly / extravagant
a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom) / (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect / each word is highly valued
The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice / words of enormous weight
time is gold / every minute counts
Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章[Cao2 Yu2 zhang1]

Sentences with 千

bǎ
nà
sa̅n
qia̅n
liù
bǎi
ji̅n
de
dà
huán
da̅o
ná
lái