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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

足足 [zúzú]
  1. 1. adverb Not missing the smallest amount, exactly of the specified quantity.
    医生从他腹腔里切下的肿瘤足足有足球那么大。
    The doctor cut a tumor from his stomach as big as a football.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

足足 [zúzú]
  1. 1. 表示丝毫不少或完全够数
    这条鱼足足有三斤重
    这点活儿足足干了一个月。

Examples

好家伙,他们一天足足走了一百里!
Good lord, they walked a hundred li in a day!
路上足足走了两个钟头。
The journey took fully two hours.
这本书真厚,足足有1公寸。
This book is so thick, it's actually one inch thick.
他吃了我一老拳,足足在床上躺了一星期。
After I hit him with a powerful punch, he laid in bed all week.
一场车祸使他五中俱伤,足足休养了半年才痊愈。
He injured his viscera in a car accident, and it took him half a year to recover.
他在这个县当县令已经足足十八年了。
He has been the magistrate for 18 years.
箱子里装的全是现钞,估计足足有五十万。
The case is full of cash with a value which may exceed 500,000.
劳动局的李局长任现职已经足足十五年了。
Mr. Li has been the head of the labor bureau for 15 years.
屋子正中挂着的爷爷的遗影足足有12寸。
My grandpa's portrait, which is hung in the center of the wall, is over twelve cun in size.
小李新买的笔记本电脑硬磁盘足足有120G。
The laptop Xiaoli just bought has a 120G hard drive.

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