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萬萬

简万万 · 繁萬萬

Mandarin · pinyin wàn wàn

hundred million; (fig.) enormous quantity
absolutely; certainly (usually followed by a negative expression)

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万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable

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4–4 · wan4 wan4

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maan6 maan6

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adv

absolutely (not)

noun

(rare) hundred million
(rare) thousand myriads
(figurative) numbers of; large quantities of; great deal of

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