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

Běijīng de fángjià duì pǔtōngrén láishuō shì gè tiānwénshùzì.
Beijing's housing prices are an astronomical figure for ordinary people.
Zhè chǎng guānsi de péichángjīn'é jiǎnzhí shì tiānwénshùzì.
The compensation in this lawsuit is just astronomical.

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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