比比皆是

bǐbǐ-jiēshì

idiom HSK 7 #38,550

Meanings

1 can be found everywhere; ubiquitous
2 extremely common

Characters

everywhere; one after another

Everywhere you look (比比), all of them are (皆是) — something so common it's found in every direction.

Examples

这种现象在生活中比比皆是。

Zhè zhǒng xiànxiàng zài shēnghuó zhōng bǐbǐ-jiēshì.

This kind of phenomenon can be found everywhere in life.

类似的例子比比皆是，不胜枚举。

Lèisì de lìzi bǐbǐ-jiēshì, bùshèng-méijǔ.

Similar examples are everywhere, too many to count.

Tips

usage

比比皆是 is often used in arguments to emphasize that something is commonplace rather than exceptional. It can be neutral or negative — 'examples of success are everywhere' or 'such problems are everywhere.' It's more literary than 到处都是.

Stroke Order

比 bǐ

皆 jiē

是 shì