成千上万的人死于瘟疫。 成千上萬的人死於瘟疫。 成千上萬的人死於瘟疫。

Thousands upon thousands have died from the epidemic.

Simplified

成千上万的人死于瘟疫。

Traditional (Taiwan)

成千上萬的人死於瘟疫。

Pinyin

Chéngqiān-shàngwàn de rén sǐ yú wēnyì.

Bopomofo

ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙˇ ㄩˊ ㄨㄣ ㄧˋ。

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

Words in this sentence

• 成(chéng)千(qiān-)上(shàng)万(wàn)by the thousands and tens of thousands
• 的(de)marks possession and modification
• 人(rén)person
• 死(sǐ)die
• 于(yú)go

This sentence is from Tatoeba, contributed by sadhen, with the English translation by weihaiping. It is used here under CC BY 2.0 FR.

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