成千上万

成千上萬
chéngqiān-shàngwàn
idiom HSK 7-9 #5,162

Meanings

  1. 1 thousands upon thousands
  2. 2 a great number of

Characters

Literally 'reaching thousands, exceeding ten-thousands' - emphasizing enormous quantity.

Examples

HSK 2
Chéngqiān-shàngwàn de rén cānjiā le yīnyuèjié.
Thousands upon thousands of people attended the music festival.
HSK 4
Zhè piàn sēnlín lǐ yǒu chéngqiān-shàngwàn de niǎo.
There are thousands upon thousands of birds in this forest.

Stroke Order

chéng
qiān
shàng
wàn