成百上千
chéng bǎi shàng qiān
Pinyin

Definition

成百上千
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chéng bǎi shàng qiān
  1. hundreds
  2. a large number
  3. lit. by the hundreds and thousands

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上
shǎng
  1. 1 see 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]
上海
Shàng hǎi
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
上班
shàng bān
  1. 1 to go to work
  2. 2 to be on duty
  3. 3 to start work
  4. 4 to go to the office
完成
wán chéng
  1. 1 to complete
  2. 2 to accomplish
成
Chéng
  1. 1 surname Cheng
成功
Chéng gōng
  1. 1 Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tái dōng Xiàn], southeast Taiwan
成就
chéng jiù
  1. 1 accomplishment
  2. 2 success
  3. 3 achievement
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
  5. 5 to achieve (a result)
  6. 6 to create
  7. 7 to bring about
成为
chéng wéi
  1. 1 to become
  2. 2 to turn into
成长
chéng zhǎng
  1. 1 to mature
  2. 2 to grow
  3. 3 growth
早上
zǎo shang
  1. 1 early morning
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
晚上
wǎn shang
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 in the evening
一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
上下
shàng xià
  1. 1 up and down
  2. 2 top and bottom
  3. 3 old and new
  4. 4 length
  5. 5 about
上来
shàng lái
  1. 1 to come up
  2. 2 to approach
  3. 3 (verb complement indicating success)
上传
shàng chuán
  1. 1 to upload
上午
shàng wǔ
  1. 1 morning
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
上去
shàng qù
  1. 1 to go up
上台
shàng tái
  1. 1 to rise to power (in politics)
  2. 2 to go on stage (in the theater)
上司
shàng si
  1. 1 boss
  2. 2 superior
上场
shàng chǎng
  1. 1 on stage
  2. 2 to go on stage
  3. 3 to take the field

Idioms (20)

一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
yī hū bǎi nuò
  1. 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
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一字千金
yī zì qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
  2. 2 (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect
  3. 3 each word is highly valued
一成不变
yī chéng bù biàn
  1. 1 nothing much changes (idiom); always the same
  2. 2 stuck in a rut
一掷千金
yī zhì qiān jīn
  1. 1 lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly
  2. 2 extravagant
一日千里
yī rì qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
  1. 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. 3 people who will sink or swim together
一落千丈
yī luò qiān zhàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
  3. 3 to take a dive
一言千金
yī yán qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice
  2. 2 words of enormous weight
一语成谶
yī yǔ chéng chèn
  1. 1 (idiom) to have one's words turn out to be (tragically) prophetic
一诺千金
yī nuò qiān jīn
  1. 1 a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
一通百通
yī tōng bǎi tōng
  1. 1 grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
一雨成秋
yī yǔ chéng qiū
  1. 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child

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。
sān yè tài duō le ，yī gè rèmén gǎngwèi huì shōudào chéngbǎishàngqiān fèn jiǎnlì ，HR gēnběn méi gōngfu zǐxì kàn ！zuì hǎo zhǐ yòng yī yè 。
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.
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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？
nǐ bùyào bǎ zhè liǎng ge hùnwéiyītán 。rénlèi chī nàxiē dòngwù yǐjīng yǒu chéngbǎishàngqiān nián de lìshǐ le ，zǎo jiù xíguàn le ，bù yīyàng 。rén bùnéng wèile mǎnzú zìjǐ de wèilěi ，shénme dōu chī 。hǎo duō rén jiù xǐhuan chī yěwèi ，bǎ kě ài de dòngwù ，háiyǒu zhēnxī dòngwù dōu biànchéng pánzhōngcān le 。wǒmen shénmeshíhòu nénggòu yòng hépínggòngcún de guānniàn duìdài dòngwù ne ？
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?
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