many; much / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-

how much?; how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number?

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著｜着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...

highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely

how much / how many / several / a few

far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)

like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case

many / a lot of / much

enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out

many / quite a lot / much better

so much / this much / how much? / this way / like this

how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent

as much as possible / to the greatest extent

even; so much so that

(bound form) foot; leg / sufficient; ample / as much as; fully

sufficient to... / so much so that / so that

a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)

not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it

good / very / very much

a certain number or amount / how many? / how much?

very much / extremely / one ten thousandth part

to answer a riddle / to guess (i.e. form an opinion without much evidence)

as much as one likes

conveniently / in passing / without much extra effort

(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible

so much (that) / even (to the extent that)

as much as possible / to the greatest extent

geometry / (literary) how much

to think too much of oneself / self-important / arrogant

lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much

to eat too much / to confer

many / much / a lot / lots and lots / more / even more

to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom) / to remain perplexed despite much thought

half / half and half / both ... and ... / just as much ... as ... / equally

(dialect) how much / how many / how (smart etc) / such ...

lit. too much for the eye to take in (idiom); a feast for the eyes

there is not much left

considerably / much / quite a bit

capacity for liquor / how much one can drink

caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.)

to accomplish much / to have good prospects / to have a promising future

indeed / really (very much so)

not much different / similar / ordinary / nearly

not much to choose between the two / tweedledum and tweedledee

unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you. / My hands are tied.

fully / no less than / as much as / extremely

(literary) like this / such (as this) / so much / so many

much obliged / thank you / to ask advice / (ironically or humorously) to experience / to taste

to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom) / to act as if one is taking things very seriously

(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal

(idiom) moral standards are much lower now than in former times

cannot cope / find it too much / incessantly

there can never be too much deception in war / in war nothing is too deceitful / all's fair in war

A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)

lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other

twice as much / double the amount

an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius) / cf 得道多助 a just cause attracts much support

to miss very much; to yearn for

to bill and coo (idiom) / to whisper sweet nothings to one another / to be very much in love

so much so that / to the extent that / even

to praise too much / I really don't deserve so much praise

to be popular / to be getting on well / much in demand

real swords, real spears (idiom) / real weapons / very much for real / every bit real / the genuine article

to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself

to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble / to work hard at sth

even / so much so that

lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom) / fig. avaricious / tightfisted

lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply

much hardships may awaken a nation (idiom); calamity that prompts renewal

to let oneself go / to do as much as one pleases

rather / quite / to have much

lit. I'm ashamed and dare not (accept the honor); fig. I do not deserve your praise. / You flatter me too much.

to mention some but omit many others (idiom) / to leave out much more than one includes

little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修｜欧阳修)

to overpraise / You praise me too much!

opera (or role) involving much singing and action / (fig.) highlight / main feature / major activity

how old? / how big? / how much? / so big / that much

receiving much help (from outside) / well supported

to resemble closely / to be the very image of / to look very much like / to be the spitting image of

to swell to bursting (after having eaten too much)

to eat too much / to binge

much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly

to cause a lot of trouble / to inflict much suffering

a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom) / when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down

leaving much to be desired / unsatisfactory / undesirable

to have a tough life / to meet much adversity in one's life

up to; no less than; as much as

I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)

Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飛將軍｜飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴

even / so much so that

a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world

lit. the boot hits the floor (idiom) / fig. a much-anticipated, impactful development has finally occurred (an allusion to a joke from the 1950s in which a young man would take off a boot and throw it onto the floor, waking the old man sleeping downstairs, who could then not get back to sleep until he had heard the second boot hit the floor)

equally matched / not much to distinguish who is stronger

(dialect) not that great / not up to much / nothing special

(dialect) not that great / not up to much / nothing special

much worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom)

just as bad; not much better

married couple very much in love / deep conjugal love

lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom) / fig. one-sided enthusiasm / one party is interested, but the other, not so much / (Note: In former days, street barbers carried their equipment on a pole, with tools and a stool at one end and a brazier at the other.)

lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom) / fig. to achieve much with little effort