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 ㄑㄧㄢㄌㄧˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rì xíng qiānlǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢㄌㄧˇ
  - 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

able to travel great distances in a single day

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