成百上千
chéng bǎi shàng qiān
Pinyin
Definition
成百上千
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- hundreds
- a large number
- lit. by the hundreds and thousands
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一传十,十传百
- 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
- 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一呼百应
- 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
- 2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
- 1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
一哭二闹三上吊
- 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
- 2 to throw a tantrum
一失足成千古恨
- 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
Sample Sentences
三页太多了,一个热门岗位会收到成百上千份简历,HR根本没功夫仔细看!最好只用一页。
Three pages is too much. A really popular position can receive hundreds and hundreds of resumes. HR definitely doesn't have the time to look closely at every single one! Ideally you should only have one page.
你不要把这两个混为一谈。人类吃那些动物已经有成百上千年的历史了,早就习惯了,不一样。人不能为了满足自己的味蕾,什么都吃。好多人就喜欢吃野味,把可爱的动物,还有珍稀动物都变成盘中餐了。我们什么时候能够用和平共存的观念对待动物呢?
Don't mix these two things together. Humans have eaten those kinds of animals for thousands of years. We got used to it very early on. But dogs are different. People can't eat everything, just to satisfy our taste buds. A lot of people like to eat game animals. They turn cute and even protected animals into a meal! When will people be able to treat animals in the spirit of respect and mutual coexistence?