萬 wàn

ten thousand; innumerable

DEFINITIONS

  • ten thousand
  • innumerable
  • surname Wan
  • ten thousand
  • a great number

WORDS

一夫當關，萬夫莫開 yī fū dāng guān ， wàn fū mò kāi one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一本萬利 yī běn wàn lì small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
上萬 shàng wàn over ten thousand; fig. untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
不怕一萬，就怕萬一 bù pà yī wàn ， jiù pà wàn yī better to be safe than sorry (proverb); to be prepared just in case
以一馭萬 yǐ yī yù wàn to control a key point is to be master of the situation (idiom)
以防萬一 yǐ fáng wàn yī to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case; prepared for any eventualities
伊萬卡 yī wàn kǎ Ivanka (name)
億萬 yì wàn millions and millions
億萬富翁 yì wàn fù wēng billionaire; multimillionaire
億萬富豪 yì wàn fù háo multi-millionaire
八萬大藏經 bā wàn dà zàng jīng Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in Haeinsa 海印寺[Hai3 yin4 si4] in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea
包羅萬象 bāo luó wàn xiàng all-embracing; all-inclusive
十萬 shí wàn hundred thousand
十萬位 shí wàn wèi the hundred thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
十萬八千里 shí wàn bā qiān lǐ light-years (apart); a million miles (apart); (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)
十萬火急 shí wàn huǒ jí most urgent; posthaste; express
千刀萬剮 qiān dāo wàn guǎ to make mincemeat of sb; to hack sb to pieces (used while cursing)
千千萬萬 qiān qiān wàn wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
千叮萬囑 qiān dīng wàn zhǔ repeatedly urging; imploring over and over again
千家萬戶 qiān jiā wàn hù every family (idiom)
千差萬別 qiān chā wàn bié manifold diversity
千挑萬選 qiān tiāo wàn xuǎn to select very carefully
千真萬確 qiān zhēn wàn què absolutely true (idiom); manifold; true from many points of view
千秋萬代 qiān qiū wàn dài throughout the ages
千絲萬縷 qiān sī wàn lǚ linked in countless ways
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