十千
Chinese
ten | thousand | ||
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simp. and trad. (十千) |
十 | 千 |
Etymology
Calque of English ten thousand.
Pronunciation
Numeral
十千
- (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) ten thousand
- (literary) numerous; very many
- 亦服爾耕,十千維耦。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yì fú ěr gēng, shíqiān wéi ǒu. [Pinyin]
- Attend to your ploughing,
With your ten thousand men all in pairs.
亦服尔耕,十千维耦。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
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