成千上万
chéngqiān-shàngwàn
Meaning
- (lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom)
- (fig.) untold numbers; innumerable; countless
Example
成千上万的人想要知道答案。
Thousands of people wanted to know the answer.
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