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title: "A 比 B + adjective + 多了/得多 in Chinese Grammar: Much more … than …, With Examples"
description: "A 比 B + adjective + 多了/得多: much more … than …. A 比 B + adjective + 多了/得多 means A is far more so than B; + 一点 means a little more. 3 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# A 比 B + adjective + 多了/得多

Much more … than …

A 比 B + adjective + 多了/得多 means A is far more so than B; + 一点 means a little more.

## In stories

他手里有一把黄色的钥匙，**比她的那把旧得多**。

[七楼 · 第七天 · The Seventh Floor, Episode 7: The Old Key](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-7-the-old-key#library-word-208-216) HSK 3

其实，这个说法**比人类进入太空要早得多**。

[在太空能看见长城吗？ · Can you see the Great Wall of China from space?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/can-you-see-the-great-wall-of-china-from-space#library-word-170-181) HSK 6

不过，他留下的东西，**比秦朝长久得多**。

[秦始皇是谁？ · Who was Qin Shi Huang?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/who-was-qin-shi-huang#library-word-782-789) HSK 6

[Read 七楼 · 第七天](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-7-the-old-key#library-word-208-216)

## More patterns

- [verb (+ 了) + duration (for how long) for … (how long … lasts)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/duration)
- [verb + 得 + complement says how something is done (how well, how much, with what result)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-de-c)
- [verb + 了 + verb … briefly; … a little](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-le-v)
- [verb + 不/得 + result (potential) cannot / can (manage to) …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-bu-c)
- [太 + adjective + 了 so …!](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/tai-le)
- [A 比 B 更/还 + adjective even more … than …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/bi-geng)

## What does A 比 B + adjective + 多了/得多 mean in Chinese?

Much more … than …. A 比 B + adjective + 多了/得多 means A is far more so than B; + 一点 means a little more.

## How common is A 比 B + adjective + 多了/得多?

It comes up in 3 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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