十千
Chinese
    
| ten | thousand | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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