一日千里

一日千里

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	one thousand li; any great distance
simp. and trad. (一日千里)		一	日	千里

Etymology

Literally: one thousand li in a single day

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīrì qiānlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ jat⁶ cin¹ lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīrì qiānlǐ [Phonetic: yírì qiānlǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iryh chianlii
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ jat⁶ cin¹ lei⁵
    • Yale: yāt yaht chīn léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ jat⁹ tsin¹ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yed⁶ qin¹ léi⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚² t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/

Idiom

一日千里

1. to make tremendous progress