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众多

zhòng duō

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 眾多

众多 (zhòng duō) means "numerous". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 众多 means

1. numerous

The characters in 众多

• 众zhòng(bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous
• 多duōmany; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd

Example sentences

• 这个城市人口众多。
  The city has a large population.
• 他是众多学生之中最勤奋用功的一个。
  Tā shì zhòngduō xuésheng zhīzhōng zuì qínfèn yònggōng de yī gè.
  He studies hardest of all the students.
• 植物学界众多争论之一是关于山核桃的问题——在我看来，它是水果，而不是坚果。
  One of many botanical debates regards the question of the pecan — To me, it's a fruit, and not a nut.
• 众多村庄点缀着福斯湾的岸边，优美如画。初次于此航行的陌生人，必定会留下深刻印象。
  The stranger who sails for the first time up the Firth of Forth must be struck with the numerous villages that stud its picturesque shores.
• 我们需要开发新的能源、创造新的工作岗位，我们需要修建新学校，应对众多威胁、修复与许多国家的盟友关系。
  Wǒmen xūyào kāifā xīn de néngyuán, chuàngzào xīn de gōngzuò gǎngwèi, wǒmen xūyào xiūjiàn xīn xuéxiào, yìngduì zhòngduō wēixié, xiūfù yǔ xǔduō guójiā de méngyǒu guānxi.
  There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.
• 在如此漫长的时期内，曾经有如此众多的人们对我们说：对于我们的成功，我们应该淡漠，应该害怕，应该不相信。但是，历史之轮如今已在我们手中，历史之轮将又一次在我们手中驶向美好未来。
  Zài rúcǐ màncháng de shíqī nèi, céngjīng yǒurú cǐ zhòngduō de rénmen duì wǒmen shuō: duìyú wǒmen de chénggōng, wǒmen yīnggāi dànmò, yīnggāi hàipà, yīnggāi bù xiāngxìn. dànshì, lìshǐ zhī lún rújīn yǐ zài wǒmen shǒu zhōng, lìshǐ zhī lún jiāng yòuyīcì zài wǒmen shǒu zhōng shǐ xiàng měihǎo wèilái.
  It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long, by so many, to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve, to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

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