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 (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)

a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

Synonyms

千里(せんり)の道(みち)も一歩(いっぽ)より始(はじ)まる (senri no michi mo ippo yori hajimaru)
千里(せんり)の道(みち)も一歩(いっぽ)から (senri no michi mo ippo kara)

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