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Chinese
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one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word |
thousand
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metal; gold; money
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simp. and trad.
(一字千金)
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一
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字
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千
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金
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| Literally: “one character, one thousand gold”.
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Etymology
When Lu Buwei wrote Lushi Chunqiu, he presented the finished book at the gate of Hanyang and offered a thousand taels to anyone who could correct even one character.
Pronunciation
Idiom
一字千金
- extraordinary writing; uncommonly good writing
Descendants
Japanese
Noun
一字千金 • (ichiji senkin)
- (idiomatic) a word of great value
- very good handwriting or calligraphy
- incomparable kind favor