不遠千里

不遠千里

Chinese

		not; no	far; distant; remote	one thousand li; any great distance
trad. (不遠千里)		不	遠	千里
simp. (不远千里)		不	远	千里
Literally: “to make light of travelling a thousand li”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùyuǎnqiānlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jyun⁵ cin¹ lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùyuǎnqiānlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyeuanchianlii
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ y̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ jyun⁵ cin¹ lei⁵
    • Yale: bāt yúhn chīn léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jyn⁵ tsin¹ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yun⁵ qin¹ léi⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jyːn¹³ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/

Idiom

不遠千里

1. to make light of travelling from afar; to go to the trouble of travelling a long distance