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成千累万

chéng qiān lěi wàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
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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-cc27929e9b14dd7f. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

成千累萬 成千累万 [cheng2 qian1 lei3 wan4] /lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers/innumerable/thousands upon thousands/

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Other forms in these source records: 成千累萬

  • 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]

  • 累
    léi

    used in 累累[léi léi] / used in 累贅|累赘[léi zhui] and 累墜|累坠[léi zhui] / used in 纍纍|累累[léi léi]

    lěi

    to accumulate / to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]) / continuous / repeated

    lèi

    tired / weary / to strain / to wear out / to work hard

  • 万
    mò

    used in 万俟[Mò qí]

    wàn

    ten thousand / a great number

    Wàn

    surname Wan

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.