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十萬八千里

十萬八千里

See also: 十万八千里

Chinese

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|- ! !ten; 10 !ten thousand; a great number; Wan (surname) !eight; 8 !thousand !li, a Chinese unit of length |- !trad. (十萬八千里) | | | | | |- !simp. (十万八千里) | | | | | |}

Idiom

十萬八千里

  1. describes a great distance; far off
    十萬八千里地方回來
    He returned from a far off land.
  2. describes a huge difference between two things; miles apart
    想像事實十萬八千里
    What one imagines can truly be miles apart from the facts!