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成千上万

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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

成千上万 [chéngqiānshàngwàn]
  1. 1. [Chinese idiom] thousands and tens of thousands; thousands upon thousands
    成千上万的人
    tens of thousands of people
    故宫有成千上万的艺术珍品。
  2. 2. also known as 成千成万 and 成千累万

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

成千上万 [chéngqiānshàngwàn]
  1. 1. 达到千位数或万位数。形容数量多。

Examples

成千上万的人
tens of thousands of people 成千上万
灾荒年月, 饿死的黔首成千上万
In these famine years, tens of thousands of common people starved to death. 黔首
成千上万
hundreds and thousands of
成千上万
成千上万
观众成千上万 观众
Tens of thousands of people were gathered there.
成千上万的人被召集到那里。 ten
They came in their thousands.
他们成千上万地涌现出来。 thousand
Thousands of new firms have sprung up in the past few of years.
过去短短几年里,成千上万的企业如雨后春笋般涌现出来。 spring
Hundreds of thousands of starving peasants were moving south through the desert looking for food.
成千上万的农民,他们食不裹腹,为了寻找食物,他们穿越沙漠向南部行进。

Word Decomposition


[chéng]
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[qiān]
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[shàng]
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[wàn]

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