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成千累萬

简成千累万 · 繁成千累萬

Mandarin · pinyin chéng qiān lěi wàn

lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers
innumerable
thousands upon thousands

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成: chéng · completed, finished, fixed
千: qiān · thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
累: lèi · tired; implicate, involve; bother
萬: Look up this written character
万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable

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2–1–3–4 · cheng2 qian1 lei3 wan4

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(idiomatic) by the thousands and tens of thousands; untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands

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