Translation for this Chinese proverb please

[TK1233]

In English it is 'the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step'. Can anybody give me the definitive Chinese translation.

Thanks for your help.

[imron]

千里之行始于足下

[Kenny同志]

In Orthodox Chinese: 千里之行，始於足下。

[skylee]

Beware of claiming to be orthodox. Hofmann might tell you otherwise.

[Kenny同志]

The term is more acceptable to me but I don't mind others using "Traditional Chinese".Thanks for the note anyway.

[TK1233]

Thankyou very much for the help. One last question, I want to write this vertically do I start with the left character at the top like you would in English or the right character at the top?

[skylee]

Start from the left (if you want it as a tattoo please make sure the artist knows what he is doing) like this -

千

里

之

行 (comma is optional)

始

於

足

下

Or in two columns, like this -

始 千

於 里

足 之

下 行

[smurese]

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