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十萬八千里 (sap6 maan6 baat3 cin1 lei5) — lit. one hundred and eight thousand kilometres, meaning very far away in Cantonese

sapˍ₆十maanˍ₆萬baat˗₃八cinˉ¹千leiˏ₅里
简 十万八千里
Mandarin Pinyin: shi2 wan4 ba1 qian1 li3

Meaning of 十萬八千里

nounlit. one hundred and eight thousand kilometres, meaning very far away

Characters in 十萬八千里

十sap6
KangXi radical 24
萬maan6
a Chinese family name
八baat3
eight
千cin1
card cheat; swindler [v] cheat at cards; swindle
里lei5
li, a unit of length equivalent to 500 m

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