成千上万 – vocab dash

成千上万chéngqiānshàngwàn

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Meanings

1. (lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom)

2. (fig.) untold numbers; innumerable; countless

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成千上万chéngqiānshàngwàn的de人rén想要xiǎngyào知道zhīdào答案dá'àn。

Thousands of people wanted to know the answer.

成千上万chéngqiānshàngwàn的de人rén对duì这个zhège广告guǎnggào很hěn失望shīwàng。

Thousands of people were very disappointed with this advertisement.

每年měinián有yǒu成千上万chéngqiānshàngwàn的de外国人wàiguórén访问fǎngwèn日本Rìběn。

Thousands of foreigners visit Japan every year.

成千上万chéngqiānshàngwàn的de士兵shìbīng和hé市民shìmín死去sǐqù了le。

Thousands upon thousands of soldiers and civilians died.

成千上万chéngqiānshàngwàn的de人rén死sǐ于yú瘟疫wēnyì。

Thousands upon thousands have died from the epidemic.