数万 (數萬)
shù wàn
Pinyin

Definition

数万 (數萬)
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shù wàn
  1. several tens of thousands
  2. many thousand

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

千万
qiān wàn
  1. 1 ten million
  2. 2 countless
  3. 3 many
  4. 4 one must by all means
千军万马
qiān jūn wàn mǎ
  1. 1 magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower
  2. 2 all the King's horses and all the King's men
指数
zhǐ shù
  1. 1 (numerical, statistical) index
  2. 2 (math.) exponent
  3. 3 index
  4. 4 exponential (function, growth)
数
shǔ
  1. 1 to count
  2. 2 to count as
  3. 3 to regard as
  4. 4 to enumerate (sb's shortcomings)
数字
shù zì
  1. 1 numeral
  2. 2 digit
  3. 3 number
  4. 4 figure
  5. 5 amount
  6. 6 digital (electronics etc)
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一夕数惊
yī xī shù jīng
  1. 1 one scare after another (idiom)
  2. 2 in a constant state of tension
一夫当关，万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
  1. 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一本万利
yī běn wàn lì
  1. 1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
不计其数
bù jì qí shù
  1. 1 lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless
  2. 2 innumerable
以一驭万
yǐ yī yù wàn
  1. 1 to control a key point is to be master of the situation (idiom)

Sample Sentences

反对核电的声音随着日本事故的发生再次响亮起来。数万德国人走上街头，要求政府立即关闭所有核电站”。
fǎnduì hédiàn de shēngyīn suízhe Rìběn shìgù de fāshēng zàicì xiǎngliàng qǐlái 。shùwàn Déguórén zǒushàng jiētóu ，yāoqiú zhèngfǔ lìjí guānbì suǒyǒu hédiànzhàn ”。
"Following the accident in Japan, the voice of opposition to nuclear power is resounding once again. Thousands of Germans have taken to the streets demanding that their government close all nuclear power plants at once."
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