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人多勢眾

简人多势众 · 繁人多勢眾

Mandarin · pinyin rén duō shì zhòng

many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength
There is safety in numbers.

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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
多: duō · much, many; more than, over
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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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(idiomatic) a great number of people with strong force or power

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