千里迢迢 qiānlǐtiáotiáo from afar Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 千里 qiānlǐ a thousand li one thousand 里 lǐ; approximately 500 kilometers; used metaphorically to mean a very long distance迢 tiáo reduplication remote (bound form) remote; far away; often used in compounds like 迢迢 tiáotiáo or 迢递 tiáodì to describe a great distance