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名目繁多

míng mù fán duōdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
names of many kinds (idiom) / items of every description
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-1f3bf221f10a6904. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

名目繁多 名目繁多 [ming2 mu4 fan2 duo1] /names of many kinds (idiom); items of every description/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 名
    míng

    name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people

  • 目
    mù

    eye / (literary) to look / to regard / eye (of a net) / mesh / mesh size / grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mù shù]) / item / section / list / catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name / title

  • 繁
    fán

    complicated / many / in great numbers / abbr. for 繁體|繁体[fán tǐ], traditional form of Chinese characters

    Pó

    surname Po

  • 多
    duō

    many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]) / (bound form) multi- / poly-

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.