汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 不远千里
不远千里 (不遠千里)
make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
Don't take a thousand miles away / Describes not afraid of long journeys
不以千里为远。形容不怕路途遥远。
bù/bú () yuǎn qiān () lǐ
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

李梅来自中国西部,她不远千里来到这里赚钱养家糊口。

She travelled hundreds of miles from west China to earn money for her family.

很明显他不相信我们不远千里来到这里仅仅是为了在一个极为普通的小岛上打发下午时光。

He clearly didn’t believe we’d traveled so far out of the way just to kill an afternoon looking at an island not very different from any of the others in Nagasaki.

在克拉克笔下,这个“李梅”集中了所有玩具车间工人的特征——为了挣钱养家,“她”从中国西部不远千里来到这家工厂,而现在“她”所能做的唯有叹息一声——“累死了”。

She travelled hundreds of miles from west China to earn money for her family. Now all she can do is lament “I'm tired to death.”