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千萬 ten million;
萬萬 or 億 hundred million;
十萬萬 billion;
萬倍 ten thousand fold;
萬把 about ten thousand;
used in sense of “all,” “myriads”:萬般，萬象 [wan4ban1], [wan4xiang4]↓;
萬民，萬人 [wan4min2], [wan4ren2]↓;
萬邦，萬國 [wan4bang1], [wan4guo2]↓;
萬能 [wan4neng2]↓;
萬目睽睽 all eyes centered on (s.t.);
萬眾一心 all united in one purpose;
萬眾燈火 a myriad lights in the valley;
萬劫不復 doomed eternally;
萬籟俱寂 all sounds of nature stopped－complete silence of the night.
萬幸 [wan4xing4]1;
oft. coupled with negative: 千萬別忘記 under no circumstances forget;
萬無此理 certainly cannot be true;
萬不能 positively cannot;
萬不肯 positively unwilling;
萬不及 far inferior to;
萬勿推辭 please do not say “no”;
萬不可說 should under no circumstances tell;
萬無一失 cannot fail under any circumstances;
萬一，萬萬 [wan4yi1], [wan4wan4]↓.
2.萬把 [wan4ba0], adj., about ten thousand.
3.萬般 [wan4ban1], (1) n., all, all kinds, all classes; (2) adv., extremely, to the last degree: 萬般無奈 absolutely bored.
4.萬邦 [wan4bang1], phr., all nations.
5.萬千 [wan4qian1], adj., numberless, thousands and tens of thousands; 萬紫千紅 innumerable flowers of purple and red.
6.萬全 [wan4qUan2], adj., completely safe (plan).
7.萬端 [wan4duan1], n., innumerable (affairs, ways, manners).
8.萬方 [wan4fang1], adv., (1) by all sorts of methods (try to please, etc.); (2) in all countries (unsettled, etc.); (3) incomparably: 儀態萬方 distinguished air of elegance and coquetry.
9.萬分 [wan4fen1], adv., a thousand times (regret, ashamed), completely (satisfied).
10.萬福 [wan4fu2], phr., (1) wishing you all happiness－a formula like “good luck”; (2) 道萬福 formerly, a form of greeting by women, hands holding to sides of jacket.
11.萬貫 [wan4guan4], n., formerly, ten million cash (貫 a string of 1,000 cash); 萬貫家私 a millionaire.
12.萬國 [wan4guo2], adj., international: 萬國博覽會 international exposition; 萬國公法 international law (now usu. 國際); 萬國郵政聯盟 Universal Postal Union (UPU).
13.萬古 [wan4gu3], adv., eternally: 萬古常新 eternally new; 萬古流芳 will be remembered throughout the ages.
14.萬花茼 [wan4hua1tong3], n., kaleidoscope.
15.萬化 [wan4hua4], n., (LL) all creation.
16.萬彙 [wan4hui4], n., all categories; see [wan4lei4]↓.
17.萬機（幾） [wan4ji1], n., myriad affairs of the state attended to by the ruler (also wr. 萬幾).
18.萬劫 [wan4jie2], n., (Budd.) all ages, eternity (劫 Sanskr. kalpa, an aeon).
19.萬急 [wan4ji2], adj., most urgent (telegram, etc.).
20.萬狀 [wan4zhuang4], n., all kinds, shapes, manners; as adv., 危急萬狀 extremely critical.
21.萬鈞 [wan4jUn1], n., a superhuman load (a weight of 300,000 catties).
22.萬類 [wan4lei4], n., all categories; esp. birds and beasts of the creation.
23.萬里長城 [wan4li1chang2cheng2], n., the Great Wall.
24.萬里侯 [wan4li3hou2], n., (AC) governor of a great territory.
25.萬民 [wan4min2], n., the common people; 萬民傘 a souvenir parasol given to departing magistrate, with inscribed silk strips.
26.萬難 [wan4nan2], adj., extremely difficult (to deal with); certainly cannot (consent, follow, etc.).
27.萬能 [wan4neng2], adj., all-powerful: 科學萬能 science can do anything.
28.萬年 [wan4nian2], n., ten thousand years, also (AC) “Long live”; see [wan4sui4]↓; 萬年青 (bot.) a tough evergreen which requires very little attention, Rhodea japonica; 萬年曆 calendar good for any future year.
29.萬人 [wan4ren2], n., a myriad people; 萬人坑 mass grave; 萬人敵 warrior who could fight his way out and take on any challenger.
30.萬乘 [wan4sheng4], n., as in 萬乘之主（之尊） an emperor (of “ten thousand chariots”).
31.萬象 [wan4xiang4], n., all things of the universe.
32.萬幸 [wan4xing4]1, adj., unusually lucky.
33.萬姓 [wan4xing4]2, n., all the people, (“myriad clans”).
34.萬壽 [wan4shou4], n., as in 萬壽無疆 “long live for ever”－a form of greeting for birthdays; 萬壽菊 (bot.) Tagetes erecta.
35.萬事通 [wan4shi4tong1], n., jack of all trades, expert at none.
36.萬歲 [wan4sui4], n., (1) “Long live”(Japanese “banzai”); 萬歲 or 萬歲爺 (court. address) “His Majesty.”
37.萬萬 [wan4wan4], adv., absolutely (not to forget, etc.); with negative: 萬萬不可 positively do not.
38.萬勿 [wan4wu4]1, phr., positively do not (lose it!).
39.萬物 [wan4wu4]2, n., the creation, all living things.
40.萬無 [wan4wu2], phr., positively, absolutely no: 萬無一失 not a chance of an error.
41.萬一 [wan4yi1], (1) adv., just in case (“one in ten thousand”): 萬一他不來 just in case he does not come; (2) n., contingency: 準備萬一 provide for such an eventuality.
42.萬應藥 [wan4ying4yao4], n., panacea.
43.萬有 [wan4you3], adj., all-comprehending, universal: 萬有引力 universal gravitation; 萬有皆靈說 animism.