Literary Chinese <span class="searchmatch">千里</span>之<span class="searchmatch">行</span>，始於<span class="searchmatch">足下</span> (qiānlǐ zhī xíng, shǐyú zú xià, literally “a road of a thousand li begins with a step”). 千(せん)里(り)<span class="searchmatch">の</span><span class="searchmatch">行</span>(こう)<span class="searchmatch">も</span>足(そっ)下(か)<span class="searchmatch">に</span>始(はじ)まる • (senri...
single step (calque) → Japanese: <span class="searchmatch">千里</span><span class="searchmatch">の</span><span class="searchmatch">行</span><span class="searchmatch">も</span><span class="searchmatch">足下</span><span class="searchmatch">に</span><span class="searchmatch">始まる</span> (senri no michi mo sokka ni hajimaru) (calque) → Japanese: <span class="searchmatch">千里</span><span class="searchmatch">の</span>道<span class="searchmatch">も</span>一歩より<span class="searchmatch">始まる</span> (senri no michi mo ippo yori hajimaru)...
miles begins with a single step 千里(せんり)<span class="searchmatch">の</span><span class="searchmatch">行</span>(こう)<span class="searchmatch">も</span><span class="searchmatch">足下</span>(そっか)<span class="searchmatch">に</span>始(はじ)まる (senri no kō mo sokka ni hajimaru) <span class="searchmatch">千里</span>(せんり)<span class="searchmatch">の</span>道(みち)<span class="searchmatch">も</span>一歩(いっぽ)から (senri no michi mo ippo kara)...