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许多

xǔ duō

HSK 2 · word 1104 of 3,000

Meaning

• many
• a lot of
• much

Example sentence

Characters in 许多

• 许 xǔ to allow, to permit; perhaps
• 多 duō many; much; more; a lot of

许 here means a good deal, not to permit. With 多 many it means a great many, and it is the more written counterpart of 很多.

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