千乗の国

Etymology
Noun phrase, composed of +  +.

Ultimately borrowed from.

Idiom

 * 1)  a state with a thousand chariots;  a medium-sized state
 * 2) * Confucius, 学而第一:
 * 子曰く、千乗の国を道びくに、事を敬して信、用を節して人を愛し、民を使うに時を以てす.
 * Shi iwaku, senjō no kuni o michibiku ni, koto o keishite shin, yō o sesshite hito o aishi, tami o tsukau ni toki o motte su.