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
- 以少合众(以少合衆) a small number of troops against a large number
- 民众图书馆(民眾圖書館) public library
- 吃瓜群众(吃瓜群眾) peanut gallery (esp. in online forums)
- 公众事业(公眾事業) the public sector
- 深孚众望(深孚眾望) to enjoy the confidence of the people; to be very popular
- 众说(眾說) various ideas; diverse opinions
- 公众(公眾) public
- 众筹(眾籌) crowdfunding
- 游街示众(遊街示眾) to parade (a prisoner) through the streets
- 大众化(大眾化) to popularize
- 众寡悬殊(眾寡懸殊) the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered; unequally matched
- 公众集会(公眾集會) public meeting
- 惑众(惑眾) to confuse people
- 惩一儆众(懲一儆眾) punish one to warn all
- 众人敬仰(眾人敬仰) universally admired; highly esteemed by everyone
- 合众(合眾) mass; involving everyone; united; to assemble the multitude
- 小众(小眾) minority of the population; non-mainstream (activity, pursuit etc); niche (market etc)
- 人多势众(人多勢眾) many men, a great force; many hands provide great strength
- 众口交荐(眾口交薦) recommended by everybody
- 众人(眾人) everyone; a crowd ; common people
- 力排众议(力排眾議) to stand one's ground against the opinion of the masses
- 聚众(聚眾) to gather a crowd; to muster
- 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
- 众说纷纭(眾說紛紜) opinions differ
- 枭首示众(梟首示眾) to behead somebody and display the head in public
- 以寡敌众(以寡敵眾) few of us versus many of the enemy
- 轻众而丧师(輕眾而喪師) to belittle the people and mourn the death of soldiers
- 蠹众木折(蠹眾木折) Danger appears where many harmful factors exist.
- 示众(示眾) to expose publicly
- 普通民众(普通民眾) ordinary people; the masses
- 众口同声(眾口同聲) (of people) to be of one voice ; unanimous
- 众说纷揉(眾說紛揉) diverse opinions confused and divided; opinions differ; controversial matters
- 民众(民眾) populace; masses; the people
- 众人拾柴火焰高(眾人拾柴火焰高) when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher; the more people, the more strength
- 公众地方(公眾地方) public space; public place
- 诸众(諸眾) numerous
- 会众(會眾) audience; participants; congregation (of religious sect)
- 惊师动众(驚師動眾) to alarm everyone; to scandalize the public
- 合众国(合眾國) federated nation; the United States
- 众所周知(眾所週知) known to everyone
- 众奸(眾奸) a mob of traitors
- 家众(家眾) servants
- 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)
- 大众捷运(大眾捷運) mass rapid transit (MRT)
- 众包(眾包) crowdsourcing
- 左道惑众(左道惑眾) to delude the masses with heretical doctrines
Also contained in
利众生戒 、 芸芸众生 、 大众汽车 、 香港众志 、 美国众议院
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- 卷95 匈奴劉聰 羯胡石勒 鐵弗劉虎 徒何慕容廆 臨渭氐苻健 羌姚萇 略陽氐吕光 Volume 95: Liu Cong of the Xiongnu, Shi Le of the Jie People, Liu Hu of the Tiefu, Murong Hui of the Tuhe, Fu Jian of the Linwei Di, Yao Chong of the Qiang, Lu Guang of the Lüeyang Di Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 63
- 卷一百九十六下 列傳第一百四十六下: 吐蕃下 Volume 196 Biographies 146: Tubo (Tibet) 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 63
- 卷一 本紀第一 武帝上 Volume 1 Annals 1: Emperor Wu 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 60
- 卷七十六 列傳第四十六 王舒 王廙 虞潭 顧眾 張闓 Volume 76 Biographies 46: Wang Shu; Wang Yi; Yu Tan; Gu Zhong; Zhang Kai Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 58
- 卷一百〇 列傳第七十 王彌 張昌 陳敏 王如 杜曾 杜弢 王機 祖約 蘇峻 孫恩 盧循 譙縱 Volume 100 Biographies 70: Wang Mi; Zhang Chang; Chen Min; Wang Ru; Du Ceng; Du Tao; Wang Ji; Zu Yue; Su Jun; Sun En; Lu Xun; Qiao Zong Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 55
- 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 52
- 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
- 卷70 列傳第35 楊玄感 李子雄 趙元淑 斛斯政 劉元進 李密 裴仁基 Volume 70 Biographies 35: Yang Xuangan, Li Zixiong, Zhao Yuanshu, Hu Shizheng, Liu Yuanjin, Li Mi, Pei Renji Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 49
- 卷九十八 列傳第八十六: 蠕蠕 匈奴宇文莫槐 徒何段就六眷 高車 Volume 98 Biographies 86: Rouran, Yuwen Mohuai Xiongnu, Duanliu Liujuan, Gaoche History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 48
- 卷103 蠕蠕 匈奴宇文莫槐 徒何段就六眷 高車 Volume 103: Rouran, Yuwen Mohuai, Duanliu Liujuan, Gaoche Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 46
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
- 众辞 (眾辭) 眾辭也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
- 犯众 (犯眾) 犯眾興禍 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2