成千上万

chéng qiān shàng wàn · cheng qian shang wan

Traditional 成千上萬

Meaning

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

In a sentence

2 examples
01

成(chéng)千(qiān)上(shàng)万(wàn)的(de)人(rén)对(duì)这(zhè)个(ge)广(guǎng)告(gào)很(hěn)失(shī)望(wàng)。

Thousands of people were very disappointed with this advertisement.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by LeviHighway · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

每(měi)年(nián)有(yǒu)成(chéng)千(qiān)上(shàng)万(wàn)的(de)外(wài)国(guó)人(rén)访(fǎng)问(wèn)日(rì)本(běn)。

Thousands of foreigners visit Japan every year.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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