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上萬

简上万 · 繁上萬

Mandarin · pinyin shàng wàn

over ten thousand
fig. untold numbers
innumerable
thousands upon thousands

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上: shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
萬: Look up this written character
万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable

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4–4 · shang4 wan4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

soeng5 maan6

Cantonese word readings for 上萬. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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