不遠千里
Chinese
not; no | far; distant; remote | |||
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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
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùyuǎncianlǐ
- Wade–Giles: pu4-yüan3-chʻien1-li3
- Yale: bù-ywǎn-chyān-lǐ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyeuanchianlii
- Palladius: буюаньцяньли (bujuanʹcjanʹli)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 jyun5 cin1 lei5
- Yale: bāt yúhn chīn léih
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 jyn5 tsin1 lei5
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 yun5 qin1 léi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ jyːn¹³ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 不遠千里
- to make light of travelling from afar; to go to the trouble of travelling a long distance