人山人海

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Chinese

people mountain people sea
simp. and trad.
(人山人海)

Etymology

A chengyu expressing the idea of "a mountain ( (shān)) of people ( (rén)), a sea ( (hǎi)) of people ( (rén))".

Pronunciation


Idiom

人山人海

  1. very crowded or congested (with people)

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人山人海):
  • Korean: 인산인해(人山人海) (insaninhae)

See also

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

人山人海 (insaninhae) (hangeul 인산인해)

  1. hanja form? of 인산인해 ((figuratively) a great crowd of people)