比比皆是

bǐbǐ-jiēshì
idiom HSK 7-9 #38,550

Meanings

  1. 1 can be found everywhere; ubiquitous
  2. 2 extremely common

Characters

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

Examples

Zhè zhǒng xiànxiàng zài shēnghuó zhōng bǐbǐ-jiēshì.
This kind of phenomenon can be found everywhere in life.
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. It's more literary than 到处都是.
history
Attested from the Warring States period and used by Song-dynasty official 包拯 in a memorial describing famine refugees as 'everywhere to be seen' — the sense of overwhelming commonness it still carries today.

Stroke Order

jiē
shì