日行千里

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Chinese

day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
 
one thousand li; any great distance; fine horse
one thousand li; any great distance; fine horse; fine steed; fast horse
 
simp. and trad.
(日行千里)
千里

Etymology

It was said that Red Hare (Lü Bu's horse) could travel 1000 li in a single day (during the Three Kingdoms period, 1000 li would have equated to roughly 415.8 km or 258.2118 miles)

Pronunciation


Idiom

日行千里

  1. able to travel great distances in a single day