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成千上万

chéng qiān shàng wàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / (fig.) untold numbers / innumerable / countless
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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-94991db22e9afdd6. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

成千上萬 成千上万 [cheng2 qian1 shang4 wan4] /(lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom)/(fig.) untold numbers; innumerable; countless/

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Other forms in these source records: 成千上萬

  • 成
    chéng

    to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

    Chéng

    surname Cheng / short name for Chengdu 成都[Chéng dū]

  • 千
    qiān

    thousand / used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiū qiān]

  • 上
    shǎng

    used in 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]

    shàng

    (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above

  • 万
    mò

    used in 万俟[Mò qí]

    wàn

    ten thousand / a great number

    Wàn

    surname Wan

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