"Lot" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bù shǎo many / a lot / not few
 duō duō many / much / a lot / lots and lots / more / even more
 pī liàng batch / lot
 pō duō (quite) a lot / many
 dì pí lot / section of land / ground
 jiū lots (to be drawn) / lot (in a game of chance)
 xǔ duō many / a lot of / much
 hǎo duō many / quite a lot / much better
 xīn kǔ exhausting / hard / tough / arduous / to work hard / to go to a lot of trouble / hardship(s)
 duō xiè many thanks / thanks a lot
 zhū duō (used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of
 tíng chē chǎng parking lot / car park
 hǎo xiē a good deal of / quite a lot
 shēn shì one's life experience / one's lot / one's past history
 yī wǎng dǎ jìn lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom) / fig. to scoop up the whole lot / to capture them all in one go
 pī hào lot number / batch number
 kǔ xīn painstaking effort / to take a lot of trouble / laborious at pains
 fèi xīn to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth) / may I trouble you (to do sth)
 lì jìn to have experienced a lot of / to have been through
 jiào kǔ to whine about hardships / to complain of one's bitter lot / to complain / to grumble
 kǔ mìng hard lot / bitter fate / unfortunate
 qiān yán wàn yǔ thousands of words (idiom) / having a lot of things to say / talking nonstop
 yuán yuǎn liú cháng lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom) / fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then
 shòu lèi to be put to a lot of trouble
 fèi shì troublesome / to take a lot of trouble to do sth
 duō many / much / often / a lot of / numerous / more / in excess / how (to what extent) / multi- / Taiwan pr. [duo2] when it means "how"
 shà fèi kǔ xīn to take a lot of trouble (idiom) / painstaking / at the cost of a lot of effort
 fú fen one's happy lot / good fortune
 yǒu yī shǒu to have a skill / to have a lot on the ball / to have an affair
 ān fèn shǒu jǐ to be content with one's lot (idiom) / to know one's place
 qì shu fate / destiny / one's lot
 yīn xiǎo shī dà to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
 sì yǎng chǎng farm / feed lot / dry lot
 qiān fū a lot of people (literary)
 huò cóng kǒu chū Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
 dà míng dà fàng (idiom) to freely air one's views / to be heard far and wide / to attract a lot of attention
 gān liver / CL:葉|叶[ye4],個|个[ge4] / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress / grindy
 xīn shì chóng chóng to have a lot on one's mind / to be laden with anxiety
 hài rén bù qiǎn to cause a lot of trouble / to inflict much suffering
 bìng cóng kǒu rù Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat! / fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
 yī běn wàn lì small capital, huge profit (idiom) / to put in a little and get a lot out
 xiǎo chéng dà jiè lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom) / to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
 yòng xīn liáng kǔ to ponder earnestly / to give a lot of thought to sth
 jīn gōng bù lì boasts a lot, but nothing comes of it (idiom)
 pōu fù cáng zhū lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom) / fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities
 yǎn yǐ lu:4 jǐ to be strict with oneself (idiom) / to demand a lot of oneself
 ān fèn content with one's lot / knowing one's place
 liáng kǔ yòng xīn to ponder earnestly / to give a lot of thought to sth
 bāo yuán r buy the whole lot / finish up or off
 cún chē chù parking lot (for bicycles)
 gū duī r to assess an entire lot
 bāo yuán r to buy the whole lot / to take everything remaining
 fǎn zhèng yī yàng whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference / six of one and half a dozen of the other / as broad as it is long
 dié dié to chatter a lot
 dà fèi zhōu zhāng to take great pains / to go to a lot of trouble
 zhái nán a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku")
 yuàn mìng to complain about one's fate / to bemoan one's lot
尿 lǎn lu:2 shàng mò shǐ niào duō (proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working / lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing
 bìng cóng kǒu rù , huò cóng kǒu chū Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
 lù mìng person's lot through life
 léi dà yǔ xiǎo lit. much thunder but little rain / fig. a lot of talk but little action / his bark is worse than his bite
 léi shēng dà , yǔ diǎn xiǎo loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom) / a lot of talk, but no action / action speaks louder than words / his bite is worse than his bark
 yòu chǎo yòu nào to make a lot of noise / to be disorderly
 dìng fèn predestination / one's lot (of good and bad fortune)
 jiè cí tuī táng to make a lot of excuses
 tóng yī guà (coll.) to have a lot in common (with sb) / to get along well with each other
 niè (old) to talk a lot / to talk nonsense / also pr. [zhe2]
 fèi zhōu zhé to spend (much) effort / to go through (a lot of) trouble
 rén tóu shú to know a lot of people
 yǒu bù shǎo míng tang there is a lot to it / not a straightforward matter
 bài nǐ suǒ cì (derog.) this is all thanks to you! / well, thanks a lot!
 gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ all thunder but no rain (idiom) / a lot of noise but no action
 zá qián to spend big (on sth) / to pour a lot of money into sth
 dǎn féi (coll.) bold / brazen / to have a lot of nerve
 yán yǐ lu:4 jǐ to be strict with oneself (idiom) / to demand a lot of oneself
 dǎi mìng (Tw) to have been dealt a hard lot in life (Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-miā])
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