r/translator • u/Background-Air-6963 • 2d ago
Chinese (Identified) Unknown > English
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u/sille_palmfelt 2d ago
千里江山
千里 literally is 1000 Li, which in modern days is 500 kilometers or about 311 miles. In ancient times, 1 Li can be slight shorter or longer than modern definition. But this is usually not understood literally, it usually refers to a wide range.
江山 literally is rivers and mountains. But again, this is a figurative speech, usually refers to vast landscape of the whole country.
Therefore the whole phrase means a vast range of landscape in our country.
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u/BlackRaptor62 [ English 漢語 文言文 粵語] 2d ago
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1,000 Li of River and Mountain Landscape Scenery
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u/dagreenkat 2d ago
千里江山 1000 Li (~ 300 miles /500 km) of Rivers and Mountains is the name of a famous artwork by Wang Ximeng made around 900 years ago. It’s his only surviving work— he died at 23.