日行千里

Chinese

		day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	one thousand li; any great distance; fine horse one thousand li; any great distance; fine horse; fine steed; fast horse
simp. and trad. (日行千里)		日	行	千里

Etymology

It was said that Red Hare (Lü Bu's horse) could travel 1000 li in a single day (during the Three Kingdoms period, 1000 li would have equated to roughly 415.8 km or 258.2118 miles)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rì xíng qiānlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rì xíng qiānlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìh síng cianlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴ hsing² chʻien¹-li³
    • Yale: r̀ syíng chyān-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryh shyng chianlii
    • Palladius: жи син цяньли (ži sin cjanʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

日行千里

1. able to travel great distances in a single day