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千里江陵一日还

千里江陵一日還
qiānlǐJiānglíngyīrìhuán
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 a thousand li to Jiangling, returned in a single day
  2. 2 covering a vast distance to Jiangling in one day
  3. 3 (lit.) thousand-li Jiangling, one-day return

Examples

高铁开通后，两地往来真有千里江陵一日还的感觉。
Gāotiě kāitōng hòu, liǎng dì wǎnglái zhēn yǒu qiānlǐ Jiānglíng yī rì huán de gǎnjué.
Since the high-speed rail opened, traveling between the cities really does feel like 'a thousand li to Jiangling in a single day.'
李白笔下千里江陵一日还，写出了顺流而下的畅快。
Lǐ Bái bǐxià qiānlǐ Jiānglíng yī rì huán, xiě chū le shùnliú ér xià de chàngkuài.
Li Bai's line about Jiangling in a day captures the exhilaration of going downstream.

Tips

history
From Li Bai's (李白) Tang-dynasty quatrain 《早发白帝城》 (Departing Early from Baidicheng). Full quatrain: 『朝辞白帝彩云间，千里江陵一日还。两岸猿声啼不住，轻舟已过万重山』— 'at dawn I took leave of Baidi amid colored clouds; a thousand li to Jiangling, back in a day. The gibbons on both banks cry without pause; my light boat has already passed ten thousand peaks.' Li wrote it around 759 on hearing his exile had been lifted.
usage
Jiangling (江陵) is modern Jingzhou in Hubei; Baidicheng is in eastern Chongqing. The 1,200-li downstream stretch through the Three Gorges normally took many days — one day was astonishing speed. Often quoted when praising modern fast travel.

Stroke Order

千 qiān
里 lǐ
江 jiāng
陵 líng
一 yī
日 rì
还 hái