1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一字千金
yī zì qiān jīn
1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
2 (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect
3 each word is highly valued
一掷千金
yī zhì qiān jīn
1 lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly
2 extravagant
一日千里
yī rì qiān lǐ
1 lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
一落千丈
yī luò qiān zhàng
1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
3 to take a dive
一言千金
yī yán qiān jīn
1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice
2 words of enormous weight
一诺千金
yī nuò qiān jīn
1 a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
千依百顺
qiān yī bǎi shùn
1 totally submissive (idiom)
千千万万
qiān qiān wàn wàn
1 lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers
2 innumerable
3 thousands upon thousands
千古罪人
qiān gǔ zuì rén
1 sb condemned by history (idiom)
千古遗恨
qiān gǔ yí hèn
1 to have eternal regrets (idiom)
千奇百怪
qiān qí bǎi guài
1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
千姿百态
qiān zī bǎi tài
1 in different poses and with different expressions
2 in thousands of postures (idiom)
千家万户
qiān jiā wàn hù
1 every family (idiom)
千虑一失
qiān lu:4 yī shī
1 reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human
千虑一得
qiān lu:4 yī dé
1 a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
千方百计
qiān fāng bǎi jì
1 lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
千真万确
qiān zhēn wàn què
1 absolutely true (idiom)
2 manifold
3 true from many points of view
千篇一律
qiān piān yī lu:4
1 thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive