"Many" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xǔ duō many / a lot of / much
 qiān wàn ten million / countless / many / one must by all means
 duō many / much / often / a lot of / numerous / more / in excess / how (to what extent) / multi- / Taiwan pr. [duo2] when it means "how"
 bù shǎo many / a lot / not few
 duō ge many / multiple / multi- (faceted, ethnic etc)
 hǎo duō many / quite a lot / much better
 duō duō many / much / a lot / lots and lots / more / even more
 dà duō for the most part / many / most / the greater part / mostly
 pō duō (quite) a lot / many
 fán zá many / diverse
 nuó (archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2]
 fán complicated / many / in great numbers / abbr. for 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3], traditional form of Chinese characters
 lí (literary) black / dark / many / multitude
 chóu dense / crowded / thick / many
 tà again and again / many
 huǒ many / numerous
 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity)
 jǐ ge a few / several / how many
 duō shao how much? / how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
 duō zhǒng many kinds of / multiple / diverse / multi-
 wǎng wǎng usually / in many cases / more often than not
 duō nián many years / for many years / longstanding
 zhè me duō so many / so much
 duō cì many times / repeatedly
 jǐ nián a few years / several years / how many years
 ruò gān a certain number or amount / how many? / how much?
 guò duō too many / excessive
 duō xiè many thanks / thanks a lot
 duō nián lái for the past many years
 gè yàng many different types
 duō fāng miàn many-sided / in many aspects
 duō fāng in many ways / from all sides
 shù wàn several tens of thousands / many thousand
 shù nián several years / many years
 rú lái tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
 shǎo bu liǎo cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many
 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age
 bǎi jiā many schools of thought / many people or households
姿 duō zī many postures
 chéng xiàng the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister
 dà yuàn courtyard (surrounded by many buildings) / compound / great institution
 fán duō many and varied / of many different kinds
 fán suǒ many and complicated / mired in minor details
 jǐ duō (dialect) how much / how many / how (smart etc) / such ...
 bèi zēng to double / to redouble / to increase many times over / to multiply by a factor / multiplication
 fán xīng many stars / a vast sky full of stars
 yún yún and so on / so and so / many and confused
 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 / and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
 jǐ xǔ (literary) how many / quite a few
 lián nián successive years / over many years
 sēng duō zhōu shǎo lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply
 chén nián old / stored for many years
 duō yǔ yán polyglot / many language
 liáo liáo wú jǐ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / not many at all / You count them on your fingers.
 jiù at once / right away / only / just (emphasis) / as early as / already / as soon as / then / in that case / as many as / even if / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / to suffer / subjected to / to accomplish / to take advantage of / to go with (of foods) / with regard to / concerning
 shǔ bù shèng shǔ too many to count (idiom) / innumerable
 jǔ yī fǎn sān to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
 yǔ hòu chūn sǔn lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom) / fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession
 qiān zhēn wàn què absolutely true (idiom) / manifold / true from many points of view
 yī bō sān zhé calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns
 cuò ài misplaced kindness / humble term: I do not deserve your many kindnesses.
 fó hào one of the many names of Buddha
 Xū mí Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
 zhū bān various / many different kinds of
 Bǎi huā yuán Garden of Many Flowers (name) / Baihua garden in Hongmiao village 洪廟村|洪庙村[Hong2 miao4 cun1], Shandong
 rú xǔ (literary) like this / such (as this) / so much / so many
 shuò guǒ lěi lěi heavily laden with fruit / fertile (of trees) / many noteworthy achievements
 gù zhī a close friend over many years
 míng mù fán duō names of many kinds (idiom) / items of every description
 guǐ jì duō duān deceitful in many ways (idiom) / wily and mischievous / full of craft and cunning
 guǎ bù dí zhòng the few are no match for the many / heavily outnumbered / facing impossible odds (idiom)
 mén tíng ruò shì front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom) / a place with many visitors
 fēn yún diverse and muddled / many and confused
 cháng nián lěi yuè year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years
 duō duān multifarious / multifold / many and varied / multiport / multistation / multiterminal
 tiān zhū dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power
 zǒu xué (of itinerant entertainers) to tour, playing in many venues
 lèi shū reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China)
 jǐ how much / how many / several / a few
 sān yuán zé the Three Principles (in many contexts)
 yǐ shǎo shèng duō using the few to defeat the many (idiom) / to win from a position of weakness
 jī shǎo chéng duō (idiom) many little things add up to sth great / many little drops make an ocean
 màn chē local bus or train / slow train with many stops
 wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom) / plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose
 shēng mìng zài yú yùn dòng life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise.
 qìng zhú nán shū so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qing4 bi3 nan2 shu1]
 dà zá yuàn compound with many families living together
 rén fú yú shì more hands than needed (idiom) / too many cooks spoil the broth
 bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom) / seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing
 hào fán vast / voluminous / many and varied / numerous / extensive amount of / exhaustive / heavy (expenditure) / arduous / strenuous / exhausting / draining / burdensome
 fán zá many and disorderly / muddled
 wén gé clam / bivalve mollusk, many spp.
 jī nián for a long time / over many years / old / advanced in age
 hàn niú chōng dòng lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom) / fig. many books
 jù shā chéng tǎ sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom) / by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity / many a mickle makes a muckle
 jí yè chéng qiú many hairs make a fur coat (idiom) / many small contributions add up to sth big / many a mickle makes a muckle
 dà zhuàn the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts
 fán rù many and elaborate
 qū yeast / Aspergillus (includes many common molds) / Taiwan pr. [qu2]
 Máng Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs
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