不计其数

不計其數
bújì-qíshù
idiom #18,878

Meanings

  1. 1 countless
  2. 2 innumerable
  3. 3 too many to count

Characters

Literally 'cannot count its number' - so many that they are beyond counting.

Examples

HSK 3
Tā bāngzhù guò bújì-qíshù de rén.
He has helped countless people.
HSK 4
Lái cānjiā huódòng de rén bújì-qíshù.
The number of people who came to the event was countless.

Tips

memory
不 (not) + 计 (count) + 其 (its) + 数 (number) = 'cannot count its number' = too many to count.

Stroke Order

不 bù
计 jì
其 qí
数 shù