人多勢眾

简 人多势众 · 繁 人多勢眾
Mandarin · pinyin rén duō shì zhòng

Meanings

  1. many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength
  2. There is safety in numbers.
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人
rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
多
duō · much, many; more than, over
勢
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眾
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势
shì · power, force; tendency
众
zhòng · multitude, crowd; masses, public
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2–1–4–4 · ren2 duo1 shi4 zhong4

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  1. (idiomatic) a great number of people with strong force or power

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Exact source record人多勢眾 人多势众 [ren2 duo1 shi4 zhong4] /many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength/There is safety in numbers./