十萬八千里

See also: 十万八千里

Chinese

		ten	ten thousand; a great number; Wan (surname)	eight	thousand	li, a Chinese unit of length
trad. (十萬八千里)		十	萬	八	千	里
simp. (十万八千里)		十	万	八	千	里
Literally: “108,000 li”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shí wàn bā qiān lǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄚㄑㄧㄢㄌㄧˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shí wàn bā qiān lǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄚㄑㄧㄢㄌㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr wann ba1 chian lii
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ u̯a̠n⁵¹ pa̠⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

十萬八千里

describes a great distance; far off

他從十萬八千里的地方回來了 [MSC, trad.]
他从十万八千里的地方回来了 [MSC, simp.]
tā cóng shíwànbāqiānlǐ de dìfāng huílái le [Pinyin]
He returned from a far off land.
describes a huge difference between two things; miles apart

想像真的會離事實十萬八千里的！ [MSC, trad.]
想像真的会离事实十万八千里的！ [MSC, simp.]
Xiǎngxiàng zhēn de huì lí shìshí shíwànbāqiānlǐ de! [Pinyin]
What one imagines can truly be miles apart from the facts!

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