What are all the idioms to describe a crowded crowd.

1. 人头攒动

Pinyin réntóucuándòng

InterpretationThere are a lot of people, crowding and moving. It is generally used to describe certain places that are more densely populated, to a lesser degree than a sea of people.

Near synonyms bustling, crowded.

Antonym sparsely populated, sparsely traveled.

2, 人声鼎沸

Pinyin rénshēngdǐngfèi

Explanation describes the clamor of human voices. Ding, an ancient type of copper-cast pot, usually with three feet and two ears. Boiling, boiling water. Dingboo, originally meaning the water in the pot boiled and made a sound, now refers to the noisy voices of the crowd, just like a boiling pot. 

ExampleThe square was already abuzz with the sound of people.

Near synonyms people and horses shouting, deafening, noisy, lively, bustling, people shouting and horses neighing, noisy

Antonyms ten thousand voices are silent, silent, silent

Usage subject-predicate tense; as predicate, object,; simile of a noisy crowd

From Feng Menglong, "Awakening the World to HengYan," Volume Ten, Ming Dynasty: "In the afternoon of one day, Liu Fang was tidying up in the store, only to hear the sound of people."

3, 人声鼎沸

Pinyin rénshēngdǐngfèi

Explanation describes the clamor of human voices. Ding, an ancient type of copper-cast pot, usually with three feet and two ears. Boiling, boiling water. Dingboo, originally meaning the water in the pot boiled and made a sound, now refers to the noisy voices of the crowd, just like a boiling pot.

ExampleThe square was already abuzz with the sound of people.

Near synonyms people and horses shouting, deafening, noisy, lively, bustling, people shouting and horses neighing, noisy

Antonyms ten thousand voices are silent, silent, silent

Usage subject-predicate tense; as predicate, object,; simile of a noisy crowd

From Feng Menglong, "Awakening the World to HengYan," Volume Ten, Ming Dynasty: "In the afternoon of one day, Liu Fang was tidying up in the store, only to hear the sound of people."

4. 人山人海

Pinyin rénshānrénhǎi

Interpretation Crowds of people are like mountains and seas. It describes a very large gathering of people.

Origin "Xihu Elder's Record of Prosperous Victories": "Four mountains and four seas, three thousand and three hundred, the mountain of clothes and the sea of clothes, the mountain of trigrams and the sea of trigrams, the southern mountain and the southern sea, and the mountain of people and the sea of people." Ming Shi Naian "Water Margin" 51: "Every day there is that general playing loose, or theater dance, or playing, or singing, earn that price of the mountains of people to see."

Usage Union; as predicate, complement, determiner, object; used in public **** places

Example Qu Qiubai, "History of the Heart of Chidu": "From afar, I saw ~, and all sorts of flags beckoned the wind."

Near synonyms: endless streams of people, crowded, boisterous, endless streams of people, crowded, people coming and going, ten thousand people empty alleys, stroking arms and fists, rubbing fists and palms

Antonyms: deserted, sparsely populated

5, People Coming and Going

Pinyin rénláirénwǎng

Explanation: People are coming and going in a continuous stream. It also describes busy socializing.  

Origin Qing Dynasty - Cao Xueqin, A Dream of Red Mansions (红楼梦)第110回:"They have been coming and going for the past two or three days, and I see that they are not taking care of them, so I think you have not ordered them to do so."  

ExampleThere is no way to concentrate in this ~ place. 

Use as predicate, determiner; referring to people constantly.

6, People Cheer and Horses Shout

Pinyin rénhuānmǎjiào

Interpretation People are shouting and horses are neighing. Describe the clamor.

Origin Ming Ling Mengchu, "Two Scores of Patterns", Volume 14: "I could only hear the clamor outside, and it seemed that there was the sound of people shouting and horses neighing, gradually approaching the front hall."

Example fields ~, a harvest scene.

7. lively

Pinyin

Explanation Describe very lively. Example: The National Day is approaching, and Chang'an Street is ~.

Bustling: crowded and cheerful: Lantern Festival, the streets are very lively | lively fair. ②The scene of a crowded and jubilant crowd: watch the fun.

Extraordinary: more than ordinary; unusual: ~the organization of|the market was bustling~.

Fan: "lively and extraordinary" that is, "unusual lively". The word "extraordinary" means "general, ordinary".

Near synonyms: "the courtyard is like a city in an endless stream"

Antonyms: "the courtyard is cold"

8, Hot Fire Toward Heaven

Pinyin rèhuǒcháotiān

Describes a mass event with a warm and heated atmosphere, as if hot flames were burning toward the sky.  

ExampleBut the feverish campaign to enlist in the army these days has also hit them physically and mentally. (Feng Deying, "Spring Flowers", Chapter 9)

Near synonyms like blazing fire, steaming heat, ten thousand horses galloping

Antonyms deadly dull

Usage subject-predicate tense; used as a determiner, dative, or complementary; with a positive connotation.

From Wei Wei's "Who are the Loveliest People-Forward the Motherland": "From the motherland to North Korea, I saw on the one hand hot construction, and on the other hand battles fought in the midst of artillery fire."

9,趋之若鹜

Pinyin qūzhīruòwù

Explanation趋:快走;鹜:野鸭。 Running past in flocks like ducks. (derogatory) A metaphor for many people scrambling after bad things. --(Modern Chinese Dictionary, Fifth Edition)

Example Qing - Zheng Guanying, "Shengshi Guanyin - Technique": "Those who are on top of the people, use the word fame and fortune to gallop to make the world go by, and the people of the world tend to rush after them."

Near synonyms like flies chasing after odor, like ants clinging to a stink

Antonyms respect and distance

Usage subject-predicate tense; as predicate, determiner; with a pejorative connotation.

From Ru Xun is also capable of poetry, and the scholar tends to rush to him, and the guest seats are often full. ---------《明史-萧如薰传》

10、前呼后拥

拼音qiánhūhòuyōng

Interpretation: In the front, someone yells to open the way, and in the back, there are some people who surround and escort them. It mostly describes the sound of the officials in the old times when they went out on patrol.

Example: "The camels mooed anxiously as if they had discovered some ominous sign, ~disrupting the procession." (Feng Lingshi, "The Mysterious Sombrero")

Near synonymsForward and backward call, one call for a hundred promises

AntonymsLightly caravan

UsageUnion tense; used as predicate, object, and gerund; pejorative; used of the powerful and the wealthy, etc.

From Yuan-Wu Ming's "Earning Kuai Tong" (赚蒯通)第二折:"Think of how much honor there is in being an official with his front and back, and in being lightly clothed and fattened!"

11, rubbing shoulders and heels

Pinyin mójiāncāzhǒng

Interpretation heel, heel. It describes a crowded place with many pedestrians coming and going.

Example The street is bustling with people coming and going, rubbing shoulders and heels.

Near synonyms: shoulder-to-shoulder, waterlogged

12, Menting Ruoshi

Hanyu Pinyin méntíngruòshì门庭若市

Words Explained: The doorway and the courtyard were bustling with activity like a market. It describes a large number of people who are socializing and coming and going.

Chinese Characters Explanation Men: palace gate, family gate; Ting: court, courtyard; Ruo: as if; Shi: bazaar, market.

Chinese idiom nature positive, partial formal.

Idiomatic Usage subject-predicate tense; as predicate and determiner.

Near synonyms carts and horses, carts and horses, crowds of people, shoulder to shoulder

Antonyms door to door, door to court

From from "Strategies of the Warring States - Qi Ce I": "At the beginning of the decree, when the group of ministers advanced to give their advice, the door to court was as if it were a market."

13, endless

Pronunciation luòyìbùjué.

Usage in conjunction; as predicate, determiner, dative; with positive connotation.

Explanation绝:断. Lianxie: back and forth, continuous. It describes the continuous flow of cars, ships, people, and so on.

Near meaning continuous, endless flow, constant flow, shoulder to shoulder

Anti-sense door can be sparrows, few people, cold fall

Example of the Houhan Book - East China Sea King Gong Wang Liu jiang biography ":" Empress Dowager, His Majesty, compassion for the minister jiang, touched by the hair of the center, a number of envoys, doctor, the Prime Minister of the prescription of the arts and crafts, an unceasing stream of people. "

Originally from the Southern Song Dynasty - Fan Ye "Later Han Book - South Xiongnu Biography": "Scurrying away to the plug, an endless stream of people."

14, 结驷连骑

Pinyin jiésìliánqí

Explanation 驷: four horses harnessed to a chariot in ancient times; 骑: one who rides a horse. There are a lot of attendants, carriages and horses. It describes the splendor of the occasion.

Example Ming Li Zhi, "Chutan Collection - Couple II": "Today for the phase, tomorrow ~, food square in front."

From "The Records of the Grand Historian - Zhongni's Disciples": "Zigong phased Wei, while teaming up and riding, rows of quinoa and patchouli, into the poor, over Xie Yuanxian."

15、座无虚席

Pronunciation zuòwúxūxí

Interpretation void: empty. There are no empty seats. It generally describes the audience, listeners, or a large number of people attending or participating.

Usage subject-predicate tense; as predicate, object, determiner, clause; with positive connotation; referring to many people.

Near synonyms Jizi full of people

Antonyms few, nothing, empty

Lantern Puzzle full of people

16、接踵而来

Pronunciation jiēzhǒngérlái

Interpretation People come one after another, one after another, one after the other. It describes that there are a lot of people coming in an endless stream.

Originally from Song History - Li Xianzhong's Biography: "Entering the city, he declared his moral intentions without killing a single person, and those who returned to the Central Plains followed one after another." 

ExampleThe whole "new rice bowl" has not been found for a while, but the little things are ~. ★ Zou Taofen, "Experience - The Problem of the New Rice Bowl"

Proximate meaning: one after another, in an endless stream

Usage as predicate, determiner; referring to coming one after another

Grammar paraphrase

17, Jǐjǐ yītáng

Pronunciation jǐjǐ yītáng

Explanation Jǐjǐ yītáng

Interpretation Jǐjǐ yītáng: describing a large number of people who are talented. Describe the hall as crowded with people. Describe a large number of people.

Origin Shangshu˙Dayumu: "Jiji is all in one place." 

Example Duanmu Hongliang, "March Nocturne": "On the way I saw the general's wife who was just ~."

Near synonyms: a full house, a group of sages, a full house

Antonyms: a scattering, a parting of the ways

Usage: Formal; Predicative; Positive

18, Household Limit for Wearing Out

Pronunciation: hùxiànwéichuān

Explanation: Household Limit: Threshold; For: Being. The threshold is broken. It describes that there are a lot of people coming in and out.

Source Tang - Zhang Yanyuan, "The Essentials of Dharma Books": "Zen Master Zhiyong lived in Yongxin Temple in Wuxing, and those who came to look for books were like the city, and the household limit of the house they lived in was pierced through the cave."

Examples of famous word seekers from near and far, a few in ~, and the choice is harsh, low and no on. ★Qing - Wang Tao "Song Yin Man Lu - Yao Yun Xian"

Near synonyms Gate courtyard like a city

Antonyms

Usage subject-predicate tense; as an object

19, crown and cover look at each other

Explanation of the crown and cover: refers to the crown and cover of the car of the benevolent eunuchs, used as a pronoun for the officials; look at each other: to be visible to each other. It describes the constant flow of government envoys or officials.

From "Strategies of the Warring States - Wei Ce IV": "When Qi and Chu were about to attack Wei, Wei asked for help from Qin, and the crowns and lids looked at each other, so Qin could not save them."

Example ~ urged to enter the phase, to be the merits and virtues of the Emperor's heaven. It describes the arrival of many officials.

From Han Ban Gu's "Xidu Fugue": "The sash and coronet were raised, the crowns and covers were like clouds, and there were seven phases and five eunuchs."

Example ~, urgent detection, is a mandarin lang through also.

Ming Shen Defu, "Wanli Yowu Zhi - Record of the Former Life"

Grammar subject-predicate tense; as determiner, complementary; describes a lot of officials to the meeting

21, gāngchoujiaoxiao

Pronunciation gōngchóujiāocuò

Explanation of the wine cups and chips are placed in the wrong way. It describes the lively scene when people feast and drink together. Goblet: a glass of wine.

Origin Song Ouyang Xiu's "Records of Drunken Master's Pavilion": "When the shooter wins, the player wins, the goblets and chips are intermingled, and those who get up and sit down and make a lot of noise, the crowd of guests is also happy."

Example Mr. Yu Da looked up to see the embroidered clothes and vermilion shoes on the Zunjing Pavilion, and the drinking and the clubbing. (清-吴敬梓《儒林外史》第四十七回)

近义词杯盘狼藉

反义词自斟自饮

用法主谓式;作谓语;用于描写酒宴

22、高朋满座

读音gāopéngmǎnzuò

解释高:高贵。 Noble friends filled the seats. Describe the guests as many.

Source Tang - Wang Bo, "Preface to the Tengwang Pavilion": "Thousands of miles to meet and greet, high friends fill the seats."

Example Yong ~, heard Ch'ang arrive, and fell down to welcome him. (Ming Luo Guanzhong, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, 40th episode)

Near synonym: guests were at the door

Antonym: the door was full of sparrows and the court was cold

Usage: Complementary; Predicate; Describing a lot of guests

23、Frequent to Tou-Lai

Pronunciation: fēnzhìtàlái

Explanation: Fen: more, chaotic; Tou: repetitive, more. It describes the arrival of a flurry of arrivals, a continuous stream of arrivals.

Origin Song - Lou Key "<Hong Wen'an Gong Xiao Yin Ji> Preface": "The edict of Zen throne, the amnesty of the Dengji, the honorary title and the change of the Yuan and other documents are all out of the hands of the public, and they are all in a flurry of arrivals, and they responded to them calmly, and they moved in line with the system."

Example: After posting the notice, he sat down at the recruiting office and saw the young men, ~, overwhelmed. (高阳《清宫外史》上册)

近义词接踵而到、不绝绎,车水马龙、熙熙闹

反义词门可罗雀、路断人稀

用法联合式;作谓语、定语;用于书面语

24、沸沸扬扬扬

读音fèifèiyángyáng

Explanation Boiling: the way water tumbles; Yang: rising, ascending. It is as noisy as boiling water. It describes the noise and clamor of people.

Originally from "The Classic of Mountains and Seas - Western Mountain Scripture": "There is much white jade in it, and there is jade paste, and the source of it boils and boils and boils and boils."

Example Ming Shi Naian, "Water Margin", 18: "Later, I heard ~ said: 'A group of guests peddling jujubes on Huang Nigang, numbing the people with masked sweat pills, robbed the Shengchen Gang to go.'"

Near synonyms boiling back to the sky, people's voices booming

Antonyms crows and peacocks, ears quiet, cold and quiet

Usage simple tense; as predicate, determiner, complement; describing people's voices noisily

25, Chuanliu is not stopping

Pronunciation chuānliúbùxī

Explanation chuānliúbùxī

explained chuānliúbùxī : a river, a small brook. Rest: stop, stop. It describes that people, carts and horses come and go like water flowing continuously.

Example Square vehicles come and go in an endless stream.

Near synonyms endless, one after another, traffic, shoulder to shoulder

Antonyms watery

Usage subject-predicate; as predicate, determiner, dative; describing a lot of people, vehicles, etc. coming and going. Generally, it is a metaphor for a lot of people or vehicles or boats coming and going.

26、车水马龙

Pronunciation chēshuǐmǎlóng

Interpretation The cars are like running water, and the horses are like swimming dragons. It describes a lively scene with many vehicles and horses coming and going.

Originally from "Hou Han Shu - Ming De Ma Huang Huang Ji": "Before passing on the Maodong Gate, I saw the foreigners asking for a place to live, the car like running water, the horse like a swimming dragon, the hamster's head dressed in green, the leader of the white, and looking at the imperialists, not as far as the farther away."

Example of spending days drinking and making a lot of noise, ~, the day is no sundial. ★ Qing - Wu Corns "twenty years to witness the strange present situation" the first time.

Near synonyms: 门庭若市, 络绎不绝, 川流不息

Antonyms: 门可罗雀, 门庭冷落

Usage 联合式;作谓语、定语;形容繁华热闹的景象

27、盛况空前

Pronunciation shèngkuàngkōngqián

Explanation describes a lively and bustling scene.

ExampleToday there were tens of thousands of people in the square for the National Day parade, it was really ~.

28、水泄不通

Pronunciation shuǐxièbùtōng

Interpretation describes crowded or surrounded very tightly.

Origin Song Shi Daoyuan (释道原), Jingde Chuanluan Dengluo (景德传灯录), "Under the gate of Deshan, the water does not leak out." 

Example East Zhou Li Guo Zhi (东周列国志)第五回:"Five countries*** with 1,300 armored vehicles surrounded the Zhengdong Gate to the point of being impenetrable."

Near synonyms stormy, crowded, crowded.

Antonyms unobstructed, unimpeded in all directions.

Usage Partial Formal; as predicate, complement; describing the obstruction of roads.

29、万万人空巷

Pronunciation wànrénkōngxiàng

Interpretation wànrénkōngxiàng

This refers to the fact that people from all households ran to one place; so that the residence was empty. Describe the sensational pomp and circumstance. It is often used to describe the celebration, welcome or novelty that stirs up the residents.

Origin Song Su Shi, "Revisiting Wang Hai Lou on August 17th": "There is a tide in the morning, and ten thousand people are fighting for new makeup in the empty alleys."

Example at this time the roadside to see, a few more than ten thousand empty alleys, although the road is wide, but also almost full of people. (清-吴《二十年目睹之怪现状》第七十八回)

近义词万头攒动

反义词穷乡僻壤

用法多用来形容庆祝、欢迎的盛况或哄动一时的情景。 Generally used as predicate, determiner and clause.

30、攘熙熙攘

Pronunciation xīxīrǎngrǎng

Interpretation xīxīrǎngrǎng

Explanation xīxīrǎngrǎng: harmonious and joyful; xīxīrǎngrǎng: chaotic. It describes people coming and going, very lively and crowded, bursting with people.

Originally from "The Records of the Grand Historian (史记-货殖列传)":"The world is bustling with activity, all for the sake of profit; the world is bustling with activity, all for the sake of profit."

Example***Youth league members are dressed up to go hiking, each carrying a carry bag, some hanging bags, ~'s gathered on the factory's field. ◎ Ru Zhijuan, "The Newly Elected Youth League Secretary"

Near synonyms crowded, waterlogged

Antonyms doorway cold, door to door

Usage conjunctive; as predicate, determiner; describing a crowded and noisy crowd.

31、项背相望

Pronunciation xiàngbèixiāngwàng

Interpretation xiàngbèixiāngwàng

The word xiàngbèixiāngwàng refers to looking back and forth, and it is later often used to describe a crowded crowd of pedestrians, one after another.

Originally, it means that the supervisors are looking back and forth, and they are all sick and gray."

Usage subject-predicate tense; as predicate, object, determiner; describing pedestrians' crowding