不计其数

不計其數

bùjì-qíshù

idiom #18,878

Meanings

1 countless
2 innumerable
3 too many to count

Characters

to count; to calculate

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

Examples

来参加活动的人不计其数。

Lái cānjiā huódòng de rén bùjìqíshù.

The number of people who came to the event was countless.

他帮助过不计其数的人。

Tā bāngzhù guò bùjìqíshù de rén.

He has helped countless people.

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