成千上万 — Chinese idiom
成千上万
chéng qiān shàng wàn
Traditional: 成千上萬
Meaning
- (lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands
- (fig.) untold numbers; innumerable; countless
Character by character
- 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;
- 千qiānthousand; many, numerous; very
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; prev
- 万wànten thousand; innumerable
Idioms sharing a character
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
- 一举成名 yī jǔ chéng míng
- 一语成谶 yī yǔ chéng chèn
- 一雨成秋 yī yǔ chéng qiū
- 三五成群 sān wǔ chéng qún
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 不成体统 bù chéng tǐ tǒng
- 出口成章 chū kǒu chéng zhāng
- 功成不居 gōng chéng bù jū
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