English Dictionary

parasang

/ˈpaɹəsaŋ/

noun

A historical Iranian unit of itinerant distance used throughout the Western Mediterranean and the Middle East in antiquity, originally the distance travelled in one hour, and generally assumed to be equivalent to about six kilometres.

He traveled a parasang to reach the village.

意味（1）

A historical Iranian unit of itinerant distance used throughout the Western Mediterranean and the Middle East in antiquity, originally the distance travelled in one hour, and generally assumed to be equivalent to about six kilometres.

To see so much difference betwixt words and deeds, so many parasangs betwixt tongue and heart […].