万里迢迢
wàn lǐ tiáo tiáo
Pinyin

Definition

万里迢迢
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wàn lǐ tiáo tiáo
  1. (adverbial phrase used with verbs such as 歸|归[guī] or 赴[fù] etc) traveling a great distance

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

哪里
nǎ lǐ
  1. 1 where?
  2. 2 somewhere
  3. 3 anywhere
  4. 4 wherever
  5. 5 nowhere (negative answer to question)
  6. 6 humble expression denying compliment
  7. 7 also written 哪裡|哪里
里
lǐ
  1. 1 variant of 裡|里[lǐ]
里面
lǐ miàn
  1. 1 inside
  2. 2 interior
  3. 3 also pr. [lǐ mian]
这里
zhè lǐ
  1. 1 variant of 這裡|这里[zhè lǐ]
三里屯
Sān lǐ tún
  1. 1 Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
公里
gōng lǐ
  1. 1 kilometer
卡路里
kǎ lù lǐ
  1. 1 calorie (loanword)
可可西里
Kě kě xī lǐ
  1. 1 Hoh Xil or Kekexili, vast nature reserve on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qīng Zàng gāo yuán]
嘴里
zuǐ lǐ
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 in the mouth
  3. 3 on one's lips
  4. 4 speech
  5. 5 words
噼里啪啦
pī li pā lā
  1. 1 (onom.) to crackle and rattle
  2. 2 to pitter-patter
夜里
yè li
  1. 1 during the night
  2. 2 at night
  3. 3 nighttime
家里
jiā lǐ
  1. 1 home
平方公里
píng fāng gōng lǐ
  1. 1 square kilometer
心里
xīn li
  1. 1 chest
  2. 2 heart
  3. 3 mind
心里话
xīn li huà
  1. 1 (to express one's) true feelings
  2. 2 what is on one's mind
  3. 3 secret mind
怀里
huái lǐ
  1. 1 embrace
  2. 2 bosom
歇斯底里
xiē sī dǐ lǐ
  1. 1 hysteria (loanword)
  2. 2 hysterical
水里
Shuǐ lǐ
  1. 1 Shuili township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan
海里
hǎi lǐ
  1. 1 nautical mile
百里挑一
bǎi lǐ tiāo yī
  1. 1 one in a hundred
  2. 2 cream of the crop

Idioms (20)

一日千里
yī rì qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
千里之堤，溃于蚁穴
qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué
  1. 1 an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
  2. 2 huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
千里寄鹅毛
qiān lǐ jì é máo
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
  2. 2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席
qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí
  1. 1 even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
千里送鹅毛
qiān lǐ sòng é máo
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
千里马常有，而伯乐不常有
qiān lǐ mǎ cháng yǒu , ér Bó Lè bù cháng yǒu
  1. 1 lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it
千里鹅毛
qiān lǐ é máo
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it
  2. 2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qiān lǐ sòng é máo]
吃着碗里，看着锅里
chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ
  1. 1 lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom)
  2. 2 not content with what one already has
  3. 3 (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
失之毫厘，谬以千里
shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ
  1. 1 a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
失之毫厘，差之千里
shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐ
  1. 1 a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
失之毫厘，差以千里
shī zhī háo lí , chà yǐ qiān lǐ
  1. 1 a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
好事不出门，恶事传千里
hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles
  2. 2 a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
如堕五里雾中
rú duò wǔ lǐ wù zhōng
  1. 1 as if lost in a thick fog (idiom)
  2. 2 in a fog
  3. 3 muddled
  4. 4 completely unfamiliar with sth
字里行间
zì lǐ háng jiān
  1. 1 between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning
  2. 2 connotations
差之毫厘，失之千里
chā zhī háo lí , shī zhī qiān lǐ
  1. 1 the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom)
  2. 2 a miss is as good as a mile
差之毫厘，谬以千里
chā zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ
  1. 1 the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom)
  2. 2 a miss is as good as a mile
心里有数
xīn lǐ yǒu shù
  1. 1 to know the score (idiom)
  2. 2 to be well aware of the situation
心里痒痒
xīn lǐ yǎng yang
  1. 1 lit. itchy heart
  2. 2 to be itching to do sth (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你说老外干吗万里迢迢跑到中国来收养孩子呢？
nǐ shuō lǎowài gànmá wànlǐtiáotiáo pǎodào Zhōngguó lái shōuyǎng háizi ne ？
What are foreigners doing traveling so far to China just to adopt a child?
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