千
军
万
马

Magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom) in Chinese: 千军万马 (qiān jūn wàn mǎ)

qiān jūn wàn mǎ

magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 千軍萬馬1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower
  2. 2all the King's horses and all the King's men

Stroke order

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千
军
万
马

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧㄢ

qiān

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄐㄩㄣ

jūn

ㄐ/ jㄩ/ üㄣ/ en—/ first tone

ㄨㄢˋ

wàn

ㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄇㄚˇ

mǎ

ㄇ/ mㄚ/ aˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

千军万马

Simplified

千軍萬馬

Traditional

Example sentences

See 千军万马 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他一个人挡住了千军万马。

    tā yí gè rén dǎng zhù le qiān jūn wàn mǎ。

    He alone held back a mighty army.

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Related words

千

qiān

thousand

马

mǎ

horse

万

wàn

ten thousand

马上

mǎ shàng

at once

马虎

mǎ hu

careless

千万

qiān wàn

ten million

冠军

guàn jūn

champion

军事

jūn shì

military affairs

万一

wàn yī

just in case

马路

mǎ lù

street

千克

qiān kè

kilogram

军人

jūn rén

serviceman

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