千里姻緣一線牽

千里姻缘一线牵
qiānlǐyīnyuányīxiànqiān

true love will remain, despite separation of great distances, even if by only a single thread

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Entry Composition

1 千里 qiānlǐ
  1. a thousand miles
  2. a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers)
  3. a long distance
2 姻緣 yīnyuán a marriage predestined by fate
3 一線 yīxiàn front line
=4 牽 qiān
  1. to lead along
  2. to pull (an animal on a tether)
  3. (bound form) to involve
  4. to draw in
=4 牽 qiàn
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 縴 /纤 (“tow rope”)
  2. alternative form of 縴 /纤 (“tow rope”)