Word: 千 (qiān)

一根单丝难成线，千根万根拧成绳

yìgēn dān sī nán chéng xiàn, qiān gēn wàn gēn níng chéng shéng

a single strand can hardly make a thread, but thousands twisted together make a rope

不怕千招巧，就怕一招错

búpà qiān zhāo qiǎo, jiù pà yìzhāo cuò

don't fear a thousand clever moves, fear one wrong move

事有千般，理有千层

shì yǒu qiānbān, lǐ yǒu qiān céng

matters come in a thousand kinds, reasons in a thousand layers

云里千条路，云外路千条

Yún lǐ qiān tiáo lù, Yún wàilù qiān tiáo

in the clouds a thousand roads, beyond the clouds a thousand roads

千人千品，万人万相

qiān rén qiānpǐn, wàn rén wàn xiàng

a thousand people, a thousand characters; ten thousand people, ten thousand faces

千夜做贼一夜穷

qiān yè zuò zéi yí yè qióng

a thousand nights as a thief, one night of poverty

千招要会，一招要好

qiān zhāo yào huì, yìzhāo yào hǎo

know a thousand moves, but be really good at one

千虚不如一实

qiān xū bùrú yì shí

a thousand empty things are not as good as one real thing

千行万行，庄稼是头一行

qiān háng wàn háng, zhuāngjia shì tóu yìxíng

a thousand trades, ten thousand trades, farming is the first

千防万防，家贼难防

qiān fáng wàn fáng, jiāzéinánfáng

guard a thousand ways, a thief in the family is hard to guard against

千阵万阵，难买头阵

qiān zhèn wàn zhèn, nán mǎi tóuzhèn

of a thousand battles, ten thousand battles, none is worth as much as the first battle

千高万高，人心最高

qiān gāo wàn gāo, rénxīn zuìgāo

a thousand heights, ten thousand heights, the human heart is the highest

口服千句,不如心应一声

kǒufú qiān jù,bùrú xīn yìng yìshēng

a thousand verbal assents are not worth one answer from the heart

大厦千间，身眠七尺；良田万亩，日食一升

dàshà qiān jiān, shēn mián qīchǐ; liángtián wàn mǔ, rìshí yì shēng

a thousand rooms in a mansion, yet the body sleeps in seven feet; ten thousand mu of good land, yet one eats a litre a day

好书不厌千遍读

hǎoshū búyàn qiān biàn dú

a good book is never tiresome to read a thousand times

宁失一人喜，不结千人怨

nìng shī yì rén xǐ, bù jié qiān rén yuàn

better to lose one person's pleasure than earn a thousand people's resentment

宁弃千军，不弃寸地

nìng qì qiān jūn, bú qì cùn dì

better to lose a thousand troops than give up an inch of land

家有千口，主事一人

jiā yǒu qiān kǒu, zhǔ shì yì rén

a family of a thousand mouths has one person in charge

床头千贯,不如日进分文

chuángtóu qiān guàn,bùrú rì jìn fēnwén

a thousand strings of coins by the bed is worse than a little coming in every day

数千人受此疾病所害。

Shù qiān rén shòu cǐ jíbìng suǒ hài.

Several thousand people became victims of this disease.

数千人失业。

Shù qiān rén shīyè.

Thousands of people lost their jobs.

数千人死于饥饿。

Shù qiān rén sǐ yú jī'è.

Thousands of people died of hunger.

朋友千个少，冤家一个多

péngyou qiān gè shǎo, yuānjia yí gè duō

a thousand friends are too few; one enemy is too many

理直千人必往，心亏寸步难移

lǐ zhí qiān rén bì wǎng, xīnkuī cùnbùnányí

if reason is straight, you'll go among a thousand people; if the heart is guilty, you can hardly move an inch

眼过千遍,不如手过一遍

yǎn guò qiān biàn,bùrú shǒu guò yíbiàn

eyes passing over it a thousand times is not as good as the hands doing it once

纵有大厦千间，不过身眠七尺

zòng yǒu dàshà qiān jiān, búguò shēn mián qīchǐ

even with a thousand rooms in a mansion, you sleep in only seven feet

老太太纳鞋底,千针万针

lǎotàitai nàxiédǐ,qiān zhēn wàn zhēn

an old lady sewing a shoe sole: a thousand stitches, ten thousand stitches

耳听千遍，不如手过一遍

ěr tīng qiān biàn, bùrú shǒu guò yíbiàn

hearing a thousand times is not as good as going through it once by hand

路有千条，理只有一个

lù yǒu qiān tiáo, lǐ zhǐyǒu yí gè

there are a thousand roads, but only one truth

邻居一杆秤，街坊千面镜

línjū yì gǎn chèng, jiēfāng qiān miànjìng

neighbours are a scale, the neighbourhood a thousand mirrors