千里の行も足下に始まる

Japanese
Kanji in this term
千 里 行 足 下 始
せん
Grade: 1		 り
Grade: 2		 こう
Grade: 2		 そく > そっ
Grade: 1		 か
Grade: 1		 はじ
Grade: 3
on’yomi on’yomi on’yomi kun’yomi

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 千里之行，始於足下 (qiānlǐ zhī xíng, shǐyú zú xià, literally “a road of a thousand li begins with a step”).

Proverb

千(せん)里(り)の行(こう)も足(そっ)下(か)に始(はじ)まる • (senri no kō mo sokka ni hajimaru) 

  1. a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

Synonyms
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