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恆河沙數

简 恒河沙数 · 繁 恆河沙數
Mandarin · pinyin Héng hé shā shù

Meanings

  1. countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
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恆
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河
hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
沙
shā · sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
數
shù · number; several; count; fate
恒
héng · constant, regular, persistent
数
shù · number; several, count; fate
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Mandarin tones

2–2–1–4 · Heng2 he2 sha1 shu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hang4 ho4 saa1 sou2

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) an extremely large number of; as numerous as there are grains of sand in the Ganges

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