许多
Meaning
- many
- a lot of
- much
Example sentence
你有许多书。
You have many books.
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.