错落不齐 錯落不齊 cuò luò bù qí disorderly and uneven (idiom) / irregular and disorderly 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 syn 繁多 fán duō many and varied / of many different kinds syn 一波三折 yī bō sān zhé calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns syn 芜杂 蕪雜 wú zá miscellaneous / mixed and disorderly (of writing) / disordered and confusing / mixed-up and illogical syn 多年 duō nián many years / for many years / longstanding syn 多方面 duō fāng miàn many-sided / in many aspects syn 多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) syn 百家 bǎi jiā many schools of thought / many people or households 多 duō 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- syn 积少成多 積少成多 jī shǎo chéng duō (idiom) many little things add up to sth great / many little drops make an ocean syn 人多势众 人多勢眾 rén duō shì zhòng many men, a great force (idiom) / many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers. syn 更仆难数 更僕難數 gēng pú nán shǔ too many to count / very many / innumerable syn 虱多不痒 蝨多不癢 shī duō bù yǎng many fleas, but unconcerned (idiom) / no point in worrying about one debt when one has so many others / Troubles never come singly. / It never rains but it pours. 在很多方面 zài hěn duō fāng miàn in many aspects / in many regards 少成多 shǎo chéng duō Many little things add up to sth great (idiom) / many a mickle makes a muckle 多对多关系 多對多關系 many-to-many relationship 千里马常有，而伯乐不常有 千里馬常有，而伯樂不常有 qiān lǐ mǎ cháng yǒu , ér bó lè bù cháng yǒu lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (idiom) / fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it 有数 有數 yǒu shù to have kept count / to know how many / (fig.) to know exactly how things stand / to know the score / not many / only a few syn 积少成多 積少成多 jī shǎo - chéng duō (idiom) many little things add up to sth great / many little drops make an ocean syn 聚沙成塔 jù shā - chéng tǎ lit. many sand grains accumulate to form a tower (idiom) / fig. many little things add up to sth great syn 几度 幾度 jǐ dù how many times / several times / how many degrees (in terms of temperature or angle) / several degrees / to what degree / to what extent syn 参差错落 參差錯落 cēn cī cuò luò uneven and jumbled (idiom) / irregular and disorderly / in a tangled mess 纷乱 紛亂 fēn luàn numerous and disorderly syn 昏天黑地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times syn 淆 xiáo confused and disorderly / mixed / Taiwan pr. [yao2] 猖乱 猖亂 chāng luàn wild and disorderly 混乱 混亂 hùn luàn confused / chaotic / disorderly syn 无序 無序 wú xù disorderly / irregular / lack of order 错落 錯落 cuò luò strewn at random / disorderly / untidy / irregular / uneven syn 乌合之众 烏合之眾 wū hé zhī zhòng (idiom) rabble / disorderly band 颠三倒四 顛三倒四 diān sān dǎo sì confused / disorderly / incoherent syn 阑干 闌干 lán gān (literary) crisscross / uneven / disorderly / rim of the eye / variant of 欄杆|栏杆[lan2 gan1] syn 攘攘 rǎng rǎng disorderly / confused / chaotic 纷 紛 fēn numerous / confused / disorderly syn 蠢 chǔn stupid / sluggish / clumsy / to wiggle (of worms) / to move in a disorderly fashion syn 紊 wěn involved / tangled / disorderly / confused / chaotic / Taiwan pr. [wen4] syn 紊 wèn involved / tangled / disorderly / confused / chaotic / Taiwan pr. wen4 syn 轕 gé confused / disorderly 忞 wěn disorderly / messy / chaotic 枉攘 wǎng rǎng tumultuous / disorderly 芜驳 蕪駁 wú bó disorderly / mixed-up / confused 又吵又闹 又吵又鬧 yòu chǎo yòu nào to make a lot of noise / to be disorderly 寻衅滋事罪 尋釁滋事罪 xún xìn zī shì zuì disorderly behavior (PRC law) 手忙脚乱 手忙腳亂 shǒu máng - jiǎo luàn (idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner / flustered syn 云云 yún yún and so on / so and so / many and confused syn 特别行政区 特別行政區 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 诡计多端 詭計多端 guǐ jì duō duān deceitful in many ways (idiom) / wily and mischievous / full of craft and cunning syn 纷纭 紛紜 fēn yún diverse and muddled / many and confused syn 履舄交错 履舄交錯 lǚ xì jiāo cuò lit. shoes and slippers muddled together (idiom) / fig. many guests come and go / a lively party syn 丁韪良 丁韙良 dīng wěi liáng William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Peking University 土洋结合 土洋結合 tǔ yáng jié hé combining native and foreign methods (idiom) / sophisticated and many-sided 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 多多 duō duō many / much / a lot / lots and lots / more / even more syn 繁琐 繁瑣 fán suǒ many and complicated / mired in minor details syn 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 syn 举一反三 舉一反三 jǔ yī fǎn sān to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom) syn 须弥 須彌 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 庞杂 龐雜 páng zá complex / complicated / many and varied syn 多端 duō duān multifarious / multifold / many and varied / multiport / multistation / multiterminal 类书 類書 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) 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.) 浩繁 hào fán vast / voluminous / many and varied / numerous / extensive amount of / exhaustive / heavy (expenditure) / arduous / strenuous / exhausting / draining / burdensome syn 繁缛 繁縟 fán rù many and elaborate syn 番 fān (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") syn 沓 tà again and again / many syn 邙 máng Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs 兼容并包 兼容並包 jiān róng bìng bāo to include and monopolize many things / all-embracing syn 能歌善舞 néng gē shàn wǔ can sing and dance (idiom) / fig. a person of many talents 一波未平，一波又起 yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom) / a new problem arises before the old is solved / many twists and turns to a story / one thing after another 冗杂 冗雜 rǒng zá many and varied / confused syn 北邙 běi máng Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs 多种多样 多種多樣 duō zhǒng duō yàng manifold / all sorts / many and varied syn 夥颐 夥頤 huǒ yí (literary) very many / wow! (an exclamation of surprise and admiration) 懒驴上磨屎尿多 懶驢上磨屎尿多 lǎn lǘ shàng mò shǐ niào duō (proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working / lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing 李英儒 lǐ yīng rú Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists 东观汉记 東觀漢記 dōng guān hàn jì History of Later Han dynasty, internal palace record by many 1st and 2nd century authors, 143 scrolls 浩博 hào bó vast and plentiful / ample / very many 狼多肉少 láng duō ròu shǎo many wolves and not enough meat / not enough to go around 璀错 璀錯 cuǐ cuò many and varied 里进外出 裡進外出 lǐ jìn wài chū too many people coming and going (idiom) 邙山 máng shān Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs 须弥山 須彌山 xū mí shān 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 有百利而无一弊 有百利而無一弊 yǒu bǎi lì ér wú yī bì to have many advantages and no disadvantages 有百利而无一害 有百利而無一害 yǒu bǎi lì ér wú yī hài to have many advantages and no disadvantages 考霸 kǎo bà "exam master", sb who takes many exams and aces all of them 啁哳 zhāo zhā (literary) (onom.) combined twittering and chirping of many birds 东观汉记 東觀漢記 dōng guàn hàn jì Dongguan Hanji, a history of the Eastern Han dynasty consisting of 143 volumes compiled by many 1st and 2nd century authors 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 许多 許多 xǔ duō many / a lot of / much syn 几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few / several / how many 不少 bù shǎo many / a lot / not few syn 多少 duō shao how much? / how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number? syn 多种 多種 duō zhǒng many kinds of / multiple / diverse / multi- syn 往往 wǎng wǎng usually / in many cases / more often than not syn 多个 多個 duō ge many / multiple / multi- (faceted, ethnic etc) 好多 hǎo duō many / quite a lot / much better syn 千万 千萬 qiān wàn ten million / countless / many / one must by all means syn 