天文数字

天文數字
tiānwén-shùzì
idiom #31,329

Meanings

  1. 1 astronomical figure
  2. 2 huge number
  3. 3 exorbitant amount

Examples

HSK 6
Zhè chǎng guānsi de péicháng jīn'é jiǎnzhí shì tiānwén-shùzì.
The compensation in this lawsuit is just astronomical.
HSK 7-9
Běijīng de fángjià duì pǔtōngrén láishuō shì gè tiānwén-shùzì.
Beijing's housing prices are an astronomical figure for ordinary people.

Tips

usage
Loan-translation of English 'astronomical figure' / 'astronomical number' - a number so large it belongs in astronomy. Most often used hyperbolically about prices, debts, fines, or budgets, not about literal counts.

Stroke Order

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wén
shù