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baxncie chienhoong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'cie chiefn'hoong [[...]] 

vast array of dazzling colors (said of flowers)

萬紫千紅

Bexngbiør samchiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Beng'biør safm'chiefn [[...]] 

The mother of Mencius changed her abode three times, in order to get a better environment for her son's education.

孟母三遷

zhazhøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaf'zhøx [[...]] 

errors, mistakes, miscalculations, accidents

差錯

• Zhaf cy hølii, sid cy chienlie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhaf cy høo'lii, sid cy chiefn'lie. [[...]] 
  The slightest divergence leads far astray.
  差之毫釐,失之千里。

zhefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhefng; (chiefn) [[...]] 

thousand, numerous

千

• cit zhefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit zhefng [[...]] 
  one thousand
  一千

chiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn; (zhefng) [[...]] 

thousand, many, numerous

千

chiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn [[...]] 

move, remove, to change, (said of officials who get transferred)

遷

• Chiefn (pvoaf) khix Taipag. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn (pvoaf) khix Taai'pag. [[...]] 
  move to Taipei
  遷(搬)去台北

chiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn [[...]] 

swing

韆

chiefn'aang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiern'aang [[...]] 

light red

淺紅

chienban [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'ban [[...]] 

by no means (always used in negative)

千萬

• Chienban mxthafng afnny zøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'ban m'thafng arn'ny zøx.; Chiefn'ban m'thafng arn'ny zøx/zøex. [[...]] 
  On no account do it that way
  千萬不可這樣做。

chienzaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'zaix [[...]] 

thousand years

千載

chienzao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'zao [[...]] 

migrate, migration

遷離

chienchiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'chiw [[...]] 

thousand years, forever

千秋

chienchiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'chiw [[...]] 

swing

鞦韆

• hvaix chienchiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hvaix chiefn'chiw [[...]] 
  swing
  盪鞦韆

chienzhud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'zhud [[...]] 

move out to a new address

遷出

chiencyn baxnkhag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'cyn'ban'khag; chiefn'cyn ban'khag [[...]] 

very real, absolutely true, the truth, the whole truth and the nothing but truth

千真萬確

chienciog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'ciog [[...]] 

pure gold

千足

chienciu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'ciu [[...]] 

compromise, meet half way

遷就

chienzoxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'zoxng [[...]] 

remove a body from one grave to another

遷葬

chiengieen baxn'gie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'gieen ban'gie [[...]] 

many, many words, million words in my heart but don't know where to begin

千言萬語

chiengiin bøea zhux, baxn'giin bøea zhuopvy. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'giin bea zhux, ban'giin bea zhux'pvy.; chiefn'giin bøea zhux, ban'giin bøea zhux'pvy. [[...]] 

It is ten times easier to buy a good house than to get good neighbors.

千金買房子,萬金買鄰居。

chienhy'nii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'hie'nii [[...]] 

Jubilee Year of the millennium

千禧年

chienhythaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'hie'thaang [[...]] 

Y2K bug, millennium bug

千禧蟲

chienhofng pekkex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'hofng peg'kex [[...]] 

by hook or by crook, by all means at one's command (Lit. a thousand schemes)

千方百計

chien'ii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'ii [[...]] 

move to a new address

遷移

chiefn'i [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiern'i [[...]] 

very easy or simple to learn or understand

淺易

chienji-buun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'ji'buun; chiefn'ji-buun [[...]] 

book formerly used as a primer, It has 1,000 characters, not one of which is repeated

千字文

chienjip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'jip [[...]] 

move in from another place

遷入

chienjidhoong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'jit'hoong [[...]] 

Gomphrena globosa (a small plant which blossoms in fall with spheric flowers of red, purple and white)

千日紅

chienky [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'ky [[...]] 

move into a new residence or to a new address

遷居

chienkii pekkoaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'kii peg'koaix [[...]] 

all sorts of strange things

千 奇百怪

chienkym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'kym [[...]] 

courteous expression referring to another's daughter (Lit. a thousand pieces of gold)

千金

chienkym siøfciar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'kym'siør'ciar; chiefn'kym siør'ciar [[...]] 

young lady of a wealthy family

千金小姐

chienkinterng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'kyn'terng [[...]] 

measure of weight equal to sixteen taels (兩), a catty, jack

千斤頂

chienkor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'kor [[...]] 

long, long time, ancient times, (used in mourning ) in eternity

千古

chienkor put'hiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'kor'pud'hiuo; chiefn'kor pud'hiuo [[...]] 

immortal, forever remembered

千古不朽

chienkoafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'koafn [[...]] 

On the burial day to remove the coffin outside.

出葬日棺木移到外庭

chienkwn baxnmar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'kwn ban'mar [[...]] 

immense army, veteran of many battles

千軍萬馬

chienkwn it'hoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'kwn id'hoad [[...]] 

imminent peril (Lit. thirty thousand catties hanging by single hair)

千鈞一髮

chienlygarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'lie'garn [[...]] 

farsightedness, (in mythology) eyesight that can reach the sky

千里眼

chienly'mar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'lie'mar [[...]] 

horse with enormous speed and stamina

千里馬

chienlo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'lo; (chiefn'no, chiefn'gvo) [[...]] 

blame another for one's own blunder, failure, shift one's anger from one person to another

遷怒

chienphiefn itlut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'phiefn id'lut [[...]] 

harp on a single theme, without change, dull, monotonous (said of literary compositions)

千篇一律

chienpiexn-baxnhoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'piexn ban'hoax; chiefn'piexn-ban'hoax [[...]] 

countless changes or variations, ever changing

千變萬化

Chienputkay, baxnputkay. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'pud'kay, ban'pud'kay. [[...]] 

usually used in the subjunctive mood to indicate one's regret for having done something, really should not have, most emphatically not, a thousand no's

千不該,萬不該。

chiensafn-baxnsuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'safn ban'suie; chiefn'safn-ban'suie [[...]] 

a thousand mountains and rivers, distant places, journey from afar...

千山萬水

chiensyn baxnkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'syn ban'khor [[...]] 

suffer or undergo all conceivable hardship to accomplish something

千辛萬苦

• Chiensyn baxnkhor uixtiøh kviar kaq bor, zongsay zongtafng uixtiøh thad zhuiekhafng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'syn ban'khor ui'tiøh kviar kaq bor, zoong'say zoong'tafng ui'tiøh thad zhuix'khafng. [[...]] 
  be in a rut, Life is difficult with no hope of advancement. (Lit. Ten thousand difficulties for the sake of wife and children. Run around all over from east to west just to keep food in the mouth.)
  千辛萬苦為著妻與子,奔東奔西為著渡日子。

• Chiensyn baxnkhor, lorng si uixtiøh cid ee paktor. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'syn ban'khor, lorng si ui'tiøh cid ee pag'tor. [[...]] 
  be in a rut, Life is difficult with no hope of advancement. (Lit. Ten thousand hardships, all for the sake of this belly.)
  千辛萬苦,都是為了這個肚子。

chiensviu baxnsviu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'sviu'ban'sviu; chiefn'sviu ban'sviu [[...]] 

run many plans thorough my head over and over again without determining what to do (Lit. million thoughts, think over and over again

千想萬想

chiensngx baxnsngx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'sngx ban'sngx [[...]] 

plan thoroughly

千算萬算

• Chiensngx ban sngx mxtadtiøh (tid) thvy cit oeh. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'sngx ban sngx m'tat'tiøh (tid) thvy cit oeh.; Chiefn'sngx ban sngx m'tat'tiøh (tid) thvy cit'oeh/uih. [[...]] 
  Men proposes, God disposes.
  千算萬算不如天算。

• Chiensngx baxnsngx, mxtadtiøh thvy cidsngx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'sngx ban'sngx, m'tat'tiøh thvy cit'sngx. [[...]] 
  All human calculations are not worth one purpose of Heaven.
  千算萬算,不如老天爺一算。

chiensoar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'soar [[...]] 

migrate or change residence

遷移

Chiensoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'soex [[...]] 

Your Highness, (His Highness or Her Highness) when referring to the prince, the princess, the queen or the emperor's brother

千歲

chiensw baxnsiorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'sw ban'siorng [[...]] 

plan something over and over again, a million thoughts

千思萬想

chienthiøo-baxnsu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'thiøo ban'su; chiefn'thiøo-ban'su [[...]] 

very complicated or confused problem or task, a thousand and one things to attend to, extremely complicated and difficult thing to unravel

千頭萬緒

chienthiorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'thiorng [[...]] 

move the tomb

遷塚

chienthuii peklien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'thuii peg'lien [[...]] 

hammer into shape, form iron utensil, develop human character by persistent knocking into shape, undergo severe training and hammering, write with the utmost care (Lit. with countless changes and corrections)

千錘百鍊

chientiaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'tiaux [[...]] 

get transferred to another post

遷調

chientiau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'tiau [[...]] 

move away

遷走

chientof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'tof [[...]] 

relocate the national capital

遷都

chiau'hoan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiaw'hoan; (chiefn'hoaan) [[...]] 

above the average, uncommon

超凡

zhunsiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhwn'siaw [[...]] 

spring nights, night rendezvous between lovers, night of wedding

春宵

• zhunsiaw itkheg tat chienkym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhwn'siaw id'kheg tat chiefn'kym [[...]] 
  A minute in a night rendezvous is worth a thousand pieces of gold. Every minute of the wedding night is precious.
  春宵一刻值千金。

Ciuo hoong tikie, chienpoef siao. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciuo hoong ty'kie, chiefn'poef siao; Ciuo hoong ty'kie, chiefn'poef siao. [[...]] 

You feel like drinking more with a bosom friend. (Lit. When drinking with a bosom friend, a thousand cups will still be too little.)

酒逢知己,千杯少。

hvaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hvaix; (hvix) [[...]] 

throw to, swing

投,拋,搖動,盪

• hvaix chienchiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hvaix chiefn'chiw [[...]] 
  swing in a swing
  盪鞦韆

• hvaelaai hvaekhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hvaix'laai hvaix'khix [[...]] 
  swing to and fro
  盪來盪去

ge [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ge [[...]] 

art, skill, talent, craft, dexterity

藝

• Sux zuo chienkym putjuu kaux zuo itge. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sux zuo chiefn'kym pud'juu kaux zuo id'ge. [[...]] 
  Better to teach your son a trade (artistic skill) than give him a thousand pieces of gold.
  賜子千金,不如教子一藝。

Høfoe pud zhud mngg, phvayoe thoaan chienlie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hør'oe pud zhud mngg, phvae'oe thoaan chiefn'lie [[...]] 

Good news no one hears about but bad news travels thousands of miles.

好話不出門,壞話傳千里。

hoefkøx chiensien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea'køx chiefn'sien [[...]] 

reform

悔過遷善

iky [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ii'ky; (chiefn'ii) [[...]] 

move one's residence, removal

移居,遷移

ieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ieen [[...]] 

relationship by fate, cause, reason, hem, margin, edge, go along, to follow

緣

• bøo ieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo ieen [[...]] 
  without affinity
  無緣

• ciensex (zengsix) ee ieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cieen'sex (zeeng'six) ee ieen [[...]] 
  destinies arranged in a previous existence
  前緣,前世之緣

• u ieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u ieen [[...]] 
  have an affinity, be bound to meet
  有緣

• Na u ieen ciaq køq siøkvix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na u ieen ciaq køq siøf'kvix. [[...]] 
  I hope we shall meet again.
  若有緣再相見。

• U ieen chienlie laai sionghoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U ieen chiefn'lie laai siofng'hoe [[...]] 
  Having affinity, people will come to meet from a thousand miles.
  有緣千里來相會。

it'hoad chienkyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'hoad chiefn'kyn; (id'hoad chiefn'kwn) [[...]] 

hang by a thread (said of a desperate or critical situation)

一髮千鈞

itkheg chienkym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'kheg chiefn'kym [[...]] 

One moment is worth a thousand pieces of gold. — Time is precious. (said of newlyweds during honey-moon)

一刻千金

itlok chienkym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'lok chiefn'kym [[...]] 

A promise is (worth as much) as a thousand teals.

一諾千金

Id sitciog seeng chienkor hin. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Id sid'ciog seeng chiefn'kor hin. [[...]] 

A moment's error will bring about sorrow for a thousand years.

一失足成千古恨

Iwieen chienlie laai sionghoong, bu'ieen tuiebin pud siongseg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Iuo'ieen chiefn'lie laai siofng'hoong, buu'ieen tuix'bin pud siofng'seg. [[...]] 

It is fate alone that brings people together.

有緣千里來相逢,無緣對面不相識。

kaykøx chiensien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'køx chiefn'sien [[...]] 

reform one's errors and revert to good deeds

改過遷善

khiesiong baxnchiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khix'siong ban'chiefn [[...]] 

Nature abounds in change. Things change in countless ways.

氣象萬千

kixjiin ii chienlie cy goa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ki'jiin ii chiefn'lie cy goa [[...]] 

keep people a thousand miles away — extremely indifferent and cool (literally)

拒人於千里之外

kiauchiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiaau'chiefn [[...]] 

celebration of moving to new house or official post

喬遷

kym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kym [[...]] 

gold, money, precious, metal

金

• ankym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afn'kym [[...]] 
  gild with gold-leaf
  鍍金

• chienkym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'kym [[...]] 
  your daughter (polite term)
  千金

• hoadkym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoat'kym [[...]] 
  fine, to fine
  罰款

• ngkym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ngg'kym [[...]] 
  gold
  黃金

kog iuo chienchiw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kog iuo chiefn'chiw [[...]] 

each shows a unique quality, each has a unique style

各有千秋

leeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: leeng [[...]] 

to enjoin, to charge, to order

嚀

• tengleeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tefng'leeng [[...]] 
  enjoin, order or instruct gradually over and over again
  叮嚀

• chiefn tengleeng, ban hoanhux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn tefng'leeng, ban hoafn'hux [[...]] 
  frequent and repeated commands and instructions
  千叮嚀,萬吩咐,再三的交代

leng chienkym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: leng chiefn'kym [[...]] 

your daughter

令千金

lexng'oan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: leng'oan; (leng'aix, leng chiefn'kym) [[...]] 

your daughter

令媛,令愛,令千金

liu'hofng chienkor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liuu'hofng chiefn'kor [[...]] 

hand down a fine reputation, be honored by all generations

流芳千古

Oarn zai chienlie, kin zai gafncieen. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Oarn zai chiefn'lie, kin zai garn'cieen.; Oarn zai chiefn'lie, kin/kun zai garn'cieen. [[...]] 

found close by (Lit. Distant a thousand miles, yet near and before one's eyes.)

遠在千里,近在眼前。

pekzuo chienswn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peg'zuo chiefn'swn [[...]] 

May you have descendants abundantly! — exceedingly happy lot

百子千孫

piexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piexn; (pvix) [[...]] 

change, alter, to convert, transform, to shift, to switch

變

• bøexpiexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'piexn; bøe'piexn [[...]] 
  invariable, cannot be changed
  不會變

• zaipiexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zay'piexn [[...]] 
  calamity
  災變

• chienpiexn-baxnhoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'piexn ban'hoax; chiefn'piexn-ban'hoax [[...]] 
  innumerable changes, wonderful variety
  千變萬化

• zoafnpiexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoarn'piexn [[...]] 
  change one's plans, language, manner to suit new circumstances
  轉變

piernchiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piexn'chiefn [[...]] 

changes, evolution, transition, to change and pass away

變遷

sengchiefn sengban [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: seeng'chiefn seeng'ban [[...]] 

hundreds and thousands, countless, numerous

成千成萬

Sid cy hølii, zhaf cy chienlie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sid cy høo'lii, zhaf cy chiefn'lie. [[...]] 

A slight initial mistake will result in a great error in the end.

失之毫釐,差之千里。

sitciog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sid'ciog [[...]] 

stumble, make a slip

失足

• Id sitciog, seeng chienkor-hin. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Id sid'ciog, seeng chiefn'kor'hin.; Id sid'ciog, seeng chiefn'kor-hin/hun. [[...]] 
  A single fault brings about endless remorse.
  一失足,成千古恨。

soar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: soar; (suo) [[...]] 

move one's abode, migrate, to shift

徙,遷,移,搬

• chiensoar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'soar [[...]] 
  migrate, change residence
  遷移

• isoar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ii'soar [[...]] 
  remove
  移徙

• pvoasoar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvoaf'soar [[...]] 
  remove (things, persons) to another place
  搬移

• pvoasoafui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvoaf'soar'ui [[...]] 
  move or remove to another place, either dwelling or things
  搬移

Sux zuo chiefn kym, putjuu kaux zuo id ge. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sux zuo chiefn kym, pud'juu kaux zuo id ge. [[...]] 

Better to teach your child a trade than to give him a thousand dollars.

賜子千金,不如教子一藝。

taixchiefn seakaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tai'chiefn sex'kaix [[...]] 

a universe of many universes (Buddhism)

大千世界

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