十万八千里 (十萬八千里)
shí wàn bā qiān lǐ
Pinyin

Definition

十万八千里 (十萬八千里)
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shí wàn bā qiān lǐ
  1. light-years (apart)
  2. a million miles (apart)
  3. (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

八
bā
  1. 1 eight
  2. 2 8
十
shí
  1. 1 ten
  2. 2 10
十二
shí èr
  1. 1 twelve
  2. 2 12
十分
shí fēn
  1. 1 very
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 utterly
  4. 4 extremely
  5. 5 absolutely
  6. 6 hundred percent
  7. 7 to divide into ten equal parts
千
qiān
  1. 1 thousand

Idioms (20)

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一字千金
yī zì qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
  2. 2 (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect
  3. 3 each word is highly valued
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy

Sample Sentences

你算了吧！联合国都没吱声，你一个小小的委内瑞拉叫嚣什么啊！况且你离南极还有十万八千里呢！
nǐ suànle ba ！Liánhéguó dōu méi zhīshēng ，nǐ yī ge xiǎoxiǎo de Wěinèiruìlā jiàoxiāo shénme ā ！kuàngqiě nǐ lí Nánjí hái yǒu shíwàn bāqiānlǐ ne ！
Forget it! The UN hasn't said a thing. What are you, little old Venezuela, making such a fuss about? And anyway, you're nine thousand kilometers from the South Pole!
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