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上万

shàng wàn

2-character word Traditional 上萬

What 上万 means

1. over ten thousand
2. fig. untold numbers
3. innumerable
4. thousands upon thousands

The characters in 上万

• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 万wànten thousand; a great number

Example sentences

• 皇上万岁。
  Huángshang wànsuì.
  Long live the Emperor!
• 天上万里无云。
  Tiānshàng wànlǐ wú yún.
  Not a single cloud could be seen in the sky.
• 成千上万的人死于瘟疫。
  Thousands upon thousands have died from the epidemic.
• 成千上万的人想要知道答案。
  Chéngqiānshàngwàn de rén xiǎng yào zhīdào dá'àn.
  Thousands of people wanted to know the answer.
• 成千上万的士兵和市民死去了。
  Chéngqiān-shàngwàn de shìbīng hé shìmín sǐqù le.
  Thousands upon thousands of soldiers and civilians died.
• 每年有成千上万的外国人访问日本。
  Měinián yǒu chéngqiān-shàngwàn de wàiguórén fǎngwèn Rìběn.
  Thousands of foreigners visit Japan every year.

Words containing 上万

• 成千上万chéng qiān shàng wàn(lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); (fig.) untold numbers…