成千上万 成千上萬 chéng qiān - shàng wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / fig. untold numbers / innumerable / countless syn 万里 萬里 wàn lǐ far away / thousands of miles / 10,000 li 数万 數萬 shù wàn several tens of thousands / many thousand 千军万马 千軍萬馬 qiān jūn wàn mǎ magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom) / impressive display of manpower / all the King's horses and all the King's men syn 千言万语 千言萬語 qiān yán wàn yǔ thousands of words (idiom) / having a lot of things to say / talking nonstop 万紫千红 萬紫千紅 wàn zǐ qiān hóng thousands of purples and reds (idiom) / a blaze of color / fig. a profusion of flourishing trades syn 成千 chéng qiān thousands 万马齐喑 萬馬齊喑 wàn mǎ qí yīn thousands of horses, all mute (idiom) / no-one dares to speak out / an atmosphere of political oppression syn 万目睽睽 萬目睽睽 wàn mù kuí kuí thousands of staring eyes (idiom) 以亿计 以億計 yǐ yì jì to number in the thousands 十万位 十萬位 shí wàn wèi the hundred thousands place (or column) in the decimal system 千位 qiān wèi the thousands place (or column) in the decimal system 成百上千 chéng bǎi shàng qiān hundreds / a large number / lit. by the hundreds and thousands syn 数以万计 數以萬計 shù yǐ wàn jì tens of thousands / numerous syn 百姿千态 百姿千態 bǎi zī qiān tài in different poses and with different expressions / in thousands of postures (idiom) 万位 萬位 wàn wèi the ten thousands place (or column) in the decimal system 万峦 萬巒 wàn luán hundreds and thousands of mountains 造福万民 造福萬民 zào fú wàn mín to benefit thousands of people 远隔千里 遠隔千里 yuǎn gé qiān lǐ thousands of miles away / far away 数以千计 數以千計 shù yǐ qiān jì thousands (of sth) 万箭穿心 萬箭穿心 wàn jiàn chuān xīn lit. to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom) / fig. overcome with sorrow / fig. to lambaste / to rip sb to shreds syn 碎尸万段 碎屍萬段 suì shī - wàn duàn (idiom) to cut up sb's body into thousands of pieces (a hyperbolic threat) 作为 作為 zuò wéi one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be syn 涉及 shè jí to involve / to relate to / to concern / to touch upon syn 重重 chóng chóng layer upon layer / one after another syn 从前 從前 cóng qián previously / formerly / once upon a time syn 有一次 yǒu yī cì once / once upon a time 看待 kàn dài to look upon / to regard syn 层层 層層 céng céng layer upon layer syn 鄙视 鄙視 bǐ shì to despise / to disdain / to look down upon syn 进门 進門 jìn mén to enter a door / to go in / to learn the basics of a subject / to join one's husband's household upon marriage 瞩目 矚目 zhǔ mù to focus attention upon syn 关系到 關係到 guān xì dào relates to / bears upon 看作 kàn zuò to look upon as / to regard as syn 碰上 pèng shàng to run into / to come upon / to meet syn 赶上 趕上 gǎn shàng to keep up with / to catch up with / to overtake / to chance upon / in time for syn 见状 見狀 jiàn zhuàng upon seeing this, ... / in response, ... syn 看上 kàn shàng to look upon / to take a fancy to / to fall for syn 当做 當做 dàng zuò to treat as / to regard as / to look upon as syn 反省 fǎn xǐng to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul syn 看不起 kàn bu qǐ to look down upon / to despise syn 担当 擔當 dān dāng to take upon oneself / to assume syn 过时 過時 guò shí old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon syn 伺候 cì hòu to serve / to wait upon syn 觉醒 覺醒 jué xǐng to awaken / to come to realize / awakened to the truth / the truth dawns upon one / scales fall from the eyes / to become aware syn 瞧不起 qiáo bù qǐ to look down upon / to hold in contempt syn 未及 wèi jí to not have had time / to have not yet / not to touch upon 服侍 fú shi to attend to / to care for (patients etc) / to look after / to wait upon / to serve / also written 伏侍, see also 服事[fu2 shi4] syn 映照 yìng zhào to shine upon / to reflect syn 相依为命 相依為命 xiāng yī wéi mìng mutually dependent for life (idiom) / to rely upon one another for survival / interdependent syn 灵机一动 靈機一動 líng jī yī dòng a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom) / to hit upon an inspiration / to be struck by a brainwave syn 侍候 shì hòu to serve / to wait upon syn 经查 經查 jīng chá upon investigation 强加 強加 qiáng jiā to impose / to force upon syn 小视 小視 xiǎo shì to belittle / to look down upon / to despise syn 赫尔 赫爾 hè ěr Hull (name) / Kingston upon Hull 留校 liú xiào to join the faculty of one's alma mater upon graduation / to remain at school during vacation 垂青 chuí qīng to show appreciation for sb / to look upon sb with favor syn 看做 kàn zuò to regard as / to look upon as syn 侍奉 shì fèng to wait upon / to serve / to attend to sb's needs syn 献殷勤 獻殷勤 xiàn yīn qín to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc) / to fawn upon (an influential politician etc) / to court sb's favor / to ingratiate oneself syn 抹黑 mǒ hēi to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words) syn 层叠 層疊 céng dié layer upon layer / tiered 议定 議定 yì dìng to reach an agreement / to agree upon syn 回溯 huí sù to recall / to look back upon syn 口福 kǒu fú happy knack for chancing upon fine food 小辫子 小辮子 xiǎo biàn zi pigtail / (fig.) a shortcoming or evidence of wrongdoing that can be seized upon by others syn 册封 冊封 cè fēng to confer a title upon sb / to dub / to crown / to invest with rank or title syn 倚重 yǐ zhòng to rely heavily upon syn 前仆后继 前仆後繼 qián pū hòu jì one falls, the next follows (idiom) / stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave syn 相看 xiāng kàn to look at one another / to take a good look at / to look upon 前赴后继 前赴後繼 qián fù hòu jì to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom) syn 吹毛求疵 chuī máo qiú cī lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom) / fig. to be fastidious / nitpick syn 老本 lǎo běn capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk syn 鳞次栉比 鱗次櫛比 lín cì zhì bǐ row upon row syn 归依 歸依 guī yī to convert to (a religion) / to rely upon / refuge / mainstay syn 偶见 偶見 ǒu jiàn to happen upon / to see incidentally / occasional / accidental 窥伺 窺伺 kuī sì to spy upon / to lie in wait for (an opportunity) syn 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom) / to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold syn 过河拆桥 過河拆橋 guò hé chāi qiáo lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom) / fig. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal syn 陪侍 péi shì to wait upon (older people) / to accompany / attendant 劝诱 勸誘 quàn yòu to prevail upon / to coax syn 层峦叠嶂 層巒疊嶂 céng luán dié zhàng range upon range of mountains (idiom) syn 枯木逢春 kū mù féng chūn lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom) / fig. to get a new lease on life / to be revived / (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve syn 省视 省視 xǐng shì to call upon / to inspect syn 遇 yù (bound form) to encounter / to happen upon / to meet unplanned / (bound form) to treat / to receive syn 隐 隱 yìn to lean upon syn 奉 fèng to offer (tribute) / to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) / to esteem / to revere / to believe in (a religion) / to wait upon / to accept orders (from superior) syn 辉 輝 huī splendor / to shine upon syn 侍 shì to serve / to attend upon syn 聊 liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn 逢 féng to meet by chance / to come across / (of a calendar event) to come along / (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) / to fawn upon syn 鼎 dǐng ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes syn 倚 yǐ to lean on / to rely upon syn 