许 多 xǔ duō many / a lot of / much 千 万 qiān wàn ten million / countless / many / one must by all means 多 many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi- / poly- 不 少 bù shǎo many / a lot / not few 多 个 duō ge many / multiple / multi- (faceted, ethnic etc) 好 多 hǎo duō many / quite a lot / much better 多 多 duō duō many / much / a lot / lots and lots / more / even more 大 多 dà duō for the most part / many / most / the greater part / mostly 颇 多 pō duō (quite) a lot / many 繁 杂 fán zá many / diverse 那 (archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2] 繁 complicated / many / in great numbers / abbr. for 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3], traditional form of Chinese characters 黎 (literary) black / dark / many / multitude 稠 dense / crowded / thick / many 沓 again and again / many 很 多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) 几 个 jǐ ge a few / several / how many 多 少 how much? / how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number? 多 种 duō zhǒng many kinds of / multiple / diverse / multi- 往 往 wǎng wǎng usually / in many cases / more often than not 多 年 duō nián many years / for many years / longstanding 这 么 多 zhè me duō so many / so much 多 次 duō cì many times / repeatedly 几 年 jǐ nián a few years / several years / how many years? 若 干 ruò gān a certain number or amount / how many? / how much? 过 多 guò duō too many / excessive 多 谢 duō xiè many thanks / thanks a lot 多 年 来 duō nián lái for the past many years 各 样 gè yàng many different types 多 方 面 duō fāng miàn many-sided / in many aspects 多 方 duō fāng in many ways / from all sides 数 万 shù wàn several tens of thousands / many thousand 数 年 shù nián several years / many years 如 来 rú lái tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc) 少 不 了 shǎo bu liǎo cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many 世 代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age 百 家 bǎi jiā many schools of thought / many people or households 多 姿 duō zī many postures 早 年 zǎo nián many years ago / in the past / in one's early years 丞 相 chéng xiàng the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister 繁 多 fán duō many and varied / of many different kinds 繁 琐 fán suǒ many and complicated / mired in minor details 几 多 jǐ duō (dialect) how much / how many / how (smart etc) / such ... 倍 增 bèi zēng to double / to redouble / to increase many times over / to multiply by a factor / multiplication 繁 星 fán xīng many stars / a vast sky full of stars 云 云 yún yún and so on / so and so / many and confused 特 别 行 政 区 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 几 许 jǐ xǔ (literary) how many / quite a few 连 年 lián nián successive years / over many years 僧 多 粥 少 sēng duō zhōu shǎo lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply 寥 寥 无 几 liáo liáo wú jǐ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / not many at all / You count them on your fingers. 就 (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... 千 姿 百 态 qiān zī bǎi tài (idiom) to come in many different shapes / to display a great variety of forms 数 不 胜 数 shǔ bù shèng shǔ (idiom) too many to count / innumerable 举 一 反 三 jǔ yī fǎn sān to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom) 雨 后 春 笋 yǔ hòu chūn sǔn lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom) / fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession 千 真 万 确 qiān zhēn wàn què absolutely true (idiom) / manifold / true from many points of view 一 波 三 折 yī bō sān zhé calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns 错 爱 cuò ài misplaced kindness / humble term: I do not deserve your many kindnesses. 佛 号 fó hào one of the many names of Buddha 须 弥 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 诸 般 zhū bān various / many different kinds of 百 花 园 Bǎi huā yuán Garden of Many Flowers (name) / Baihua garden in Hongmiao village 洪廟村|洪庙村[Hong2 miao4 cun1], Shandong 如 许 rú xǔ (literary) like this / such (as this) / so much / so many 硕 果 累 累 shuò guǒ lěi lěi heavily laden with fruit / fertile (of trees) / many noteworthy achievements 庞 杂 páng zá complex / complicated / many and varied 故 知 gù zhī a close friend over many years 名 目 繁 多 míng mù fán duō names of many kinds (idiom) / items of every description 楚 辞 Chǔ cí Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚[Chu3], collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝|汉朝[Han4chao2] 诡 计 多 端 guǐ jì duō duān deceitful in many ways (idiom) / wily and mischievous / full of craft and cunning 寡 不 敌 众 guǎ bù dí zhòng the few are no match for the many / heavily outnumbered / facing impossible odds (idiom) 门 庭 若 市 mén tíng ruò shì front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom) / a place with many visitors 纷 纭 fēn yún diverse and muddled / many and confused 长 年 累 月 cháng nián lěi yuè year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years 多 端 duō duān multifarious / multifold / many and varied / multiport / multistation / multiterminal 天 珠 tiān zhū dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power 走 穴 zǒu xué (of itinerant entertainers) to tour, playing in many venues 类 书 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) 几 how much / how many / several / a few 三 原 则 sān yuán zé the Three Principles (in many contexts) 武 侯 祠 wǔ hóu cí temple dedicated to the memory of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] (There is one in Chengdu, and many others in various parts of China.) 以 少 胜 多 yǐ shǎo shèng duō using the few to defeat the many (idiom) / to win from a position of weakness 积 少 成 多 jī shǎo chéng duō (idiom) many little things add up to sth great / many little drops make an ocean 慢 车 màn chē local bus or train / slow train with many stops 万 变 不 离 其 宗 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 生 命 在 于 运 动 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. 罄 竹 难 书 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] 大 杂 院 dà zá yuàn compound with many families living together 人 浮 于 事 rén fú yú shì more hands than needed (idiom) / too many cooks spoil the broth 百 闻 不 如 一 见 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 浩 繁 hào fán vast / voluminous / many and varied / numerous / extensive amount of / exhaustive / heavy (expenditure) / arduous / strenuous / exhausting / draining / burdensome 烦 杂 fán zá many and disorderly / muddled 文 蛤 wén gé clam / bivalve mollusk, many spp. 积 年 jī nián for a long time / over many years / old / advanced in age 汗 牛 充 栋 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 聚 沙 成 塔 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 集 腋 成 裘 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 大 篆 dà zhuàn the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts 繁 缛 fán rù many and elaborate 番 (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind / a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double")
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