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How to Say ‘It's gone up quite a lot’ in Simplified Chinese

涨了不少

zhǎng le bù shǎo

[zhǎng luh bù shǎo]

💬 Usage Tip: 不少 literally means "not few", but it really means "quite a lot". It's an understated way to say something is large.

Phrase Breakdown

涨

zhǎng

[zhǎng]

to rise; to go up

Describes numbers or prices increasing.

Example

销售涨了很多。

Sales rose a lot.

了

le

[luh]

completed action marker

Shows that an action has happened or a new situation has occurred.

Example

我想了很久,还是决定联系你。

I thought about it for a long time and still decided to contact you.

不少

bù shǎo

[bù shǎo]

quite a lot; considerably

After an adjective, it means 'by a large amount'.

Example

这条路贵不少。

This route is quite a bit more expensive.

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