千里の行も足下に始まる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
せん
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
こう
Grade: 2
そく > そっ
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
はじ
Grade: 3
on'yomi on'yomi on'yomi kun'yomi

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 千里之行,始於足下 (qiānlǐ zhī xíng, shǐyú zú xià, literally a road of a thousand li begins with a step).

Proverb

(せん)()(こう)(そっ)()(はじ)まる (senri no kō mo sokka ni hajimaru

  1. a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

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