千仞

千仞

1. (literary) one thousand rens (see 仞), often used to describe something extremely high

   • 三萬里河東入海，五千仞嶽上摩天。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     三万里河东入海，五千仞岳上摩天。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1192, Lu You (陸遊),《秋夜將曉出籬門迎涼有感二首（其二）》

     Sānwànlǐ hé dōng rùhǎi, wǔqiānrèn yuè shàng mótiān. [Pinyin]

     Thirty-thousand-mile river enters the sea east; five-thousand-ren mountain scrapes the sky high.

千仞 • (cheonin) (hangeul 천인)

1. hanja form^? of 천인 (“extreme height or depth”)