Word details
천
- Pronunciation
- 천
- Part of speech
- determiner
- Vocabulary level
- beginner
- Homonyms
- 3
thousand
Of the cardinal number equal to 10 X 100.
Idioms
천 갈래 만 갈래
thousand strands and ten thousand strands
A very large number of branches.
Proverbs
천 길 물속은 알아도 한 길 사람의 속은 모른다
You can estimate water one thousand meters deep, but you cannot estimate the human mind one centimeter deep; You can sound water ten fathoms deep, but you cannot sound the human heart a single fathom
It is very difficult to know what is really on a person's mind.
천 냥 빚도 말로 갚는다
You can repay a debt with words even if it is worth as much as one thousand nyang, a unit of old Korean coinage; A soft answer turns away wrath
You can solve a difficult or seemingly impossible problem if you speak in a favorable and plausible manner.
천 리 길도 한 걸음부터
Even a one thousand kilometer journey begins with the first step
An expression used to stress the importance of the beginning of something because achieving great work starts with doing small things.
천 리도 지척이라
Even a one thousand kilometer distance can feel very close
An expression meaning you can maintain close terms with someone who is very intimate with you even if he/she is far away.