車載斗量
简 车载斗量 · 繁 車載斗量Meanings
- lit. measured in cartloads and gallons
- fig. by the barrowload (i.e. lots and lots)
- innumerable
Characters in this entry
- 車
- chē · cart, vehicle; carry in a cart; Kangxi radical 159
- 載
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- 斗
- dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii
- 量
- liàng · measure, quantity, capacity
- 车
- chē · cart, vehicle; carry in cart
- 载
- zài · load; carry; transport, convey
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Mandarin tones
1–4–3–2 · che1 zai4 dou3 liang2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ce1 zoi3 dau2 loeng4
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phrase
- (idiomatic) ubiquitous and numerous
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