A collection of flies and ants
It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ f ù y í NGJ í, which means to describe the number of followers. It's from yehuo Bian, Ministry of war, military minister Haowen.
The origin of Idioms
Shen De Fu of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the book of Ye Huo Bian · Bing Bu · Wu Chen Hao Wen: "when the mountain people moved with the army, they were all called Mr. Ji Xin's Ci school. They went and came back."
Idiom usage
Used as an object or adverbial; used in figurative sentences
Chinese PinYin : yǐ fù yíng jí
A collection of flies and ants
waste all the previous efforts. qián gōng jìn qì
the wine is running out and the guests are departing. jiǔ lán rén sàn
train people for recovery of lost territory. míng chǐ jiào zhàn
one 's crime deserves more than death. sǐ yǒu yú zuì