成千上万 chéng qiān shàng wàn — tens of thousands; thousands upon thousands

成千上万
chéng qiān shàng wàn

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Definitions

  1. tens of thousands; thousands upon thousands

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. (lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom)
  2. (fig.) untold numbers
  3. innumerable
  4. countless

ExtDict

  1. 形容数量很多。

Examples

  • 成千上万的人涌向广场。

    Tens of thousands of people poured into the square.

  • 他收到了成千上万封来信。

    He received thousands upon thousands of letters.