triệu triệu
Definition
- Number:
- Millions upon millions; an extremely large, indefinite number in the millions: "Triệu triệu" is a reduplicative form used to emphasize an immense, uncountable quantity in the millions. It functions similarly to "hundreds of millions" or "countless millions" in English, conveying a vast, often hyperbolic scale.
- Billion (archaic/literal): In a strict, now less common numerical sense, it can denote a thousand million (1,000,000,000) or, in some historical/long-scale systems, a million million (1,000,000,000,000). The primary modern usage is for indefinite, vast multitude.
Usage Examples
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- Triệu triệu vì sao lấp lánh trên bầu trời đêm. (Millions upon millions of stars twinkle in the night sky.)
- Dự án đó cần đến triệu triệu đồng. (That project requires hundreds of millions/billions of dong.)
- Triệu triệu người dân đã được hưởng lợi từ chính sách này. (Countless millions of citizens have benefited from this policy.)
Advanced Usage
- Used primarily in literary, rhetorical, or hyperbolic contexts to create an impression of an unimaginably large number rather than to state a precise figure.
- Often paired with words for celestial bodies, populations, or abstract concepts like love or memories to emphasize infinite scale.
Variants and Related Words
- Triệu (num): million (1,000,000).
- Một triệu đô la. (One million dollars.)
- Hàng triệu (phrase): millions of.
- Hàng triệu lượt xem. (Millions of views.)
Synonyms
- Innumerable: too many to be counted.
- Countless millions: an immense number in the millions.
- Myriad: a countless or extremely great number.
- Zillions (informal): an extremely large, indefinite number.
Related Idioms
- Triệu triệu lời yêu: (poetic) millions upon millions of words of love; expressing infinite affection.
- Triệu triệu tinh tú: (literary) millions upon millions of celestial stars.