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The formation of "成千上万" is a conceptual stacking of scale, where the idea begins with the attainment of a single grand unit ("成千", meaning to form or amount to thousands) and then immediately multiplies it by ascending to the next higher order of magnitude ("上万", meaning reaching or mounting to tens of thousands). It visually and notionally creates a cascading effect, as if one climbs from the plateau of "thousands" up to the peak of "tens of thousands", thereby combining and amplifying both quantities into a single, powerful expression for an immense, uncountable number.
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运动会上有成千上万的观众。
成千上万的游客来到了这座古城参观。
成千上万的候鸟每年都会飞过这片湖泊。
这项新技术有潜力去改善成千上万人的生活。
战争导致了成千上万的平民流离失所，酿成了人道主义危机。