人山人海
rén shān rén hǎi
Pinyin
Definition
人山人海
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- multitude
- vast crowd
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道，鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
Sample Sentences
我昨天去北投洗温泉，没想到北投公园人山人海，简直咱们黄金周出行的规格了，是谁告诉我北投夏天没啥人，可以图个清静悠闲的...
I went to bathe in the hot springs in Beitou yesterday. To my surprise the Beitou park was packed with people, similar in scale to the crowds in China's Golden Week holiday. Who was it that told me that there aren't many people in Beitou in summertime and that I could get a bit of peace and quiet...
别提了，真是人山人海。我投了几家公司。他们那里简历都堆成小山了。也许根本就看不到我的。真羡慕你啊。我们导师什么都不管。
Don't bring it up. It was absolutely packed. I applied to a couple companies, and the stack of resumes on their desks were like small mountains. They might not even see mine. I really envy you. Our advisor doesn't care about us at all.
呼！投注机那里人山人海，还好我手快！买了“东方皇后”。唉，马出来了吗？
Oh, there's a sea of people at the betting machine. Good thing I'm so quick! I bet on ''Empress of the Orient." Hey, have the horses come out yet?
我们去那边看看吧。哇，今天真是人山人海！
Let's go over and take a look. Wow, this place is packed today.
大概很多人都像你这么想吧，所以一到十一黄金周，大家都一窝蜂地出去旅游，结果不仅交通变得十分拥挤，机票车票很难预定，而且旅游胜地也是人山人海，根本无法真正地享受旅游的乐趣。对我来说，旅游高峰期的时候出去玩，简直是受罪。