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): ㄧㄖˋ ㄑㄧㄢㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ jat⁶ cin¹ lei⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīrì qiānlǐ [Phonetic: yírì qiānlǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄖˋ ㄑㄧㄢㄌㄧˇ
  - 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

to make tremendous progress

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