Reach as many / as high / as long as (多达 / 高达 / 长达)

Structure 多达/高达/长达 + figure (number ｜ value ｜ duration)

多达 (duō dá), 高达 (gāo dá) and 长达 (cháng dá) are quantitative verbs typical of journalism that introduce a figure and stress how high it is: «to reach (the figure of)». The division of labour is clear: 多达 measures number or quantity (伤亡多达上千 = «casualties reach a thousand»), 高达 measures values or percentages (失业率高达两成 = «unemployment reaches twenty percent»), and 长达 measures time or length (战争长达八年 = «a war lasting eight years»). The pattern is verb + exact figure, as opposed to the approximators 近 / 约 (HSK 5), which give an estimated, not a categorical, figure.

Examples

这zhè次cì事shì故gù的de伤shāng亡wáng人rén数shù多duō达dá上shàng千qiān。
The accident's casualties reach as many as a thousand.
当dāng地dì的de失shī业yè率lǜ高gāo达dá两liǎng成chéng。
The local unemployment rate reaches as high as twenty percent.
这zhè场chǎng战zhàn争zhēng长cháng达dá八bā年nián。
That war lasted as long as eight years.
这zhè座zuò大dà桥qiáo长cháng达dá数shù公gōng里lǐ。
This bridge stretches as long as several kilometres.

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