千里

a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance

thousand

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

variant of 裡|里[li3]

lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels

make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance

light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)

an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / 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)

to be able to plan victory from a thousand miles away (idiom)

see 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴|千里之堤，溃于蚁穴[qian1 li3 zhi1 di1 , kui4 yu2 yi3 xue2]

lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence

lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress