众 (眾) zhòng
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zhòng
adjective
many; numerous
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 许多 (CCD '众' 1; FE '眾' 1; GHDC '众' 1; Guoyu '眾' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '眾' 1, p. 613) -
zhòng
noun
masses; people; multitude; crowd
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '众' 2; FE '眾' 2; GHDC '众' 2; Guoyu '眾' n; Kroll 2015 '眾' 1a, p. 613; Unihan '眾') -
zhòng
adjective
general; common; public
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: This sense of 众 is the same as 普遍 (FE '眾' 3; Guoyu '眾' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '眾' 2, p. 613)
Contained in
- 众口一词(眾口一詞) many people speaking the same words
- 敌众我寡(敵眾我寡) outnumbered by the enemy
- 民众图书馆(民眾圖書館) public library
- 积聚众善(積聚眾善) to accumulate much goodness
- 众创空间(眾創空間) hackerspace
- 服众(服眾) to convince the masses
- 群众组织(群眾組織) communal organization
- 群众性(群眾性) to do with the masses; mass (meeting, movement etc)
- 兴师动众(興師動眾) to muster large forces; to get a great number of people involved (in carrying out some task)
- 革命要依靠人民群众(革命要依靠人民群眾) the revolution must rely on the masses
- 深孚众望(深孚眾望) to enjoy the confidence of the people; to be very popular
- 从众(從眾) to follow the crowd; to conform
- 普通民众(普通民眾) ordinary people; the masses
- 众擎易举(眾擎易舉) general support; everybody's support
- 大众运输(大眾運輸) public transport
- 众议(眾議) common accord
- 家众(家眾) servants
- 群众大会(群眾大會) mass rally
- 群众团体(群眾團體) mass organizations
- 众盲摸象(眾盲摸象) multitude of blind people touch an elephant; unable to see the big picture; to mistake the part for the whole
- 蠹众木折(蠹眾木折) Danger appears where many harmful factors exist.
- 万众一心(萬眾一心) many people with the same mind
- 众寡悬殊(眾寡懸殊) the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered; unequally matched
- 众鸟欣有托(眾鳥欣有托) all birds delight in the place where they rest
- 部众(部衆) troops
- 乌合之众(烏合之眾) mob
- 众心如城(眾心如城) the [unified] will of many people is an fortress
- 众口铄金(眾口鑠金) public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal; public clamor can obscure the actual truth
- 惑众(惑眾) to confuse people
- 观众(觀眾) spectator; audience
- 众星拱辰(眾星拱辰) all the stars revolve around Polaris; to view somebody as core figure
- 众叛亲离(眾叛親離) people rebelling and friends deserting; to find oneself utterly isolated
- 众心成城(眾心成城) the [unified] will of many people is an fortress
- 当众(當眾) in public; in front of everybody
- 示众(示眾) to expose publicly
- 众生(眾生) all living things ; living things other than people
- 聚众淫乱罪(聚眾淫亂罪) group licentiousness (offense punishable by up to five years in prison in the PRC)
- 妖言惑众(妖言惑眾) to mislead the public with rumors; to delude the people with lies
- 群众外包(群眾外包) crowdsourcing
- 大庭广众(大庭廣眾) an open space with many people
- 公众事业(公眾事業) the public sector
- 聚众(聚眾) to gather a crowd; to muster
- 众奸(眾奸) a mob of traitors
- 惊群动众(驚群動眾) to alarm everyone; to scandalize the public
- 哗众取宠(嘩眾取寵) sensationalism; vulgar claptrap to please the crowds; playing to the gallery; demagogy
- 普罗大众(普羅大眾) proletariat
- 普济众生(普濟眾生) universal mercy and succor; the Buddha's infinite power and mercy
- 会众(會眾) audience; participants; congregation (of religious sect)
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- 卷二十八 魏書二十八 王毌丘諸葛鄧鍾傳 Volume 28: Book of Wei 28 - Biographies of Wang, Guanqiu, Zhuge, Deng and Zhong Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 51
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Collocations
- 众曰 (眾曰) 告于眾曰 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 胤征 Xia Shu - Punitive Expedition of Yin — count: 12
- 众怒 (眾怒) 眾怒而焚之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
- 师众 (師眾) 庸師眾 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 6
- 众士 (眾士) 肆予以爾眾士 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 6
- 众仲 (眾仲) 公問於眾仲曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
- 众狄 (眾狄) 無速眾狄 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
- 楚众 (楚眾) 楚眾欲止 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
- 众庶 (眾庶) 格爾眾庶 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誓 Shang Shu - Speech of Tang — count: 3
- 众称 (眾稱) 將尊師眾稱某率師 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 2
- 众知 (眾知) 眾知之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 2