# 车载斗量

chē zài dǒu liáng

Be available in vast quantities

## Meaning & wording

**Literally:** Carry by cart and measure by bushel

**Traditional Chinese:** 車載斗量

**Register:** Emphatic · literary

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## When to use it

Describe an abundance of things or people.

Often implies ordinary supply rather than rare distinction.

## Understanding the expression

Cartloads and large measures replace counting individual pieces. The expression suggests so many items that small units are no longer useful. Modern use describes abundant goods, documents, suggestions, or people of a certain type. Depending on context, it can sound neutral or dismissive, especially when saying that supposedly rare talent is common. It concerns quantity, not proof that everything in the large supply has equal quality.

## Examples

这种资料网上车载斗量。

### Traditional Chinese

這種資料網上車載斗量。

zhè zhǒng zī liào wǎng shàng chē zài dǒu liáng 。

Such material is abundant online.

普通纪念品车载斗量，不算稀罕。

### Traditional Chinese

普通紀念品車載斗量，不算稀罕。

pǔ tōng jì niàn pǐn chē zài dǒu liáng ， bú suàn xī hǎn 。

Ordinary souvenirs are plentiful, not rare.

报名的人车载斗量，筛选很难。

### Traditional Chinese

報名的人車載斗量，篩選很難。

bào míng de rén chē zài dǒu liáng ， shāi xuǎn hěn nán 。

Applicants are numerous, making selection difficult.

点子车载斗量，落实的却很少。

### Traditional Chinese

點子車載斗量，落實的卻很少。

diǎn zi chē zài dǒu liáng ， luò shí de què hěn shǎo 。

Ideas are plentiful, but few are carried out.

## Sources & reference checks

Original explanations and examples from Chinese Idioms Almanac. Source-checked October 6, 2026.

- [CC-CEDICT · forms & pronunciation](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdqb=%E8%BB%8A%E8%BC%89%E6%96%97%E9%87%8F)

- [Ministry of Education · 成語典](https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/idiomView.jsp?ID=120&webMd=1&la=0)

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