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千 — 일천 천

천리마처럼 빠르다고요? 천 리가 얼마예요? — 일천 천(千), 그리고 천만에요

Fast as a 천리마? How far is a thousand ri? — 千, and '천만에요'

문증 what the dictionary records

천리마(千里馬)·천년(千年)·천자문(千字文)·천만(千萬)·천금(千金). 한자·독음은 표준국어대사전·우리말샘 원어 칸.

'You run fast as a 천리마!' 'A horse that runs a thousand ri? How far is that?' 'About Seoul to Busan.' 'In one day? I'm not that fast.'

千 — a thousand. 千里馬 a horse that runs a thousand ri a day. 千年 a thousand years, 千字文 the thousand-character text — kids' first hanja book.

千萬 — a thousand ten-thousands. '천만에요' means: not even one in ten million — it was nothing. 千金 a thousand gold pieces.

There's also 天, sky — same sound. 천재 is sky; 천리마 is a thousand. 'Sky has a line on top; thousand has a line on a person!'

'Haru, thanks for being fast — we won!' '천만에요! Not one in ten million!'

천리마는 천 리를 달리는 말, 천은 아주 많다였어요.