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成千上万

chéng qiān shàng wàn

HSK 3.0 level 6 4-character word Traditional 成千上萬

成千上万 (chéng qiān shàng wàn) means "lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 成千上万 means

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

The characters in 成千上万

• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
• 千qiānthousand
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 万wànten thousand; a great number

Example sentences

• 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.

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