a lot of people(zhāng mèi chéng wéi)

a lot of people

Zhang meichengwei, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is "Zhang NGM è ICH é NGW é I", which means to open the sleeve to become a curtain, to describe a large number of people. From Shuoyuan Fengshi.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Xiang of the Han Dynasty wrote in Shuoyuan Fengshi: "there are three hundred Lu in Linzi of the Qi Dynasty, and their faces become hangings. They sweat like rain, and they are standing shoulder to shoulder. Why is there no one?"

Idiom usage

Used as an attributive; used of written language.

Idiom story

Yanzi was appointed to Chu. The people of Chu took Yanzi as a short gate and extended Yanzi to the side of the gate. Yan Zi did not enter, saying: "those who make the dog Kingdom enter through the dog gate. Today's officials make Chu, they should not enter through this gate." The bridesmaid entered through the gate. When he saw the king of Chu, he said, "is there no one in Qi? Make the son to make Yan Zi said to him, "Qi's Linzi is three hundred thick, Zhang Mei becomes Yin, sweating like rain, and standing shoulder to shoulder. Why is there no one?" The king said, "but what is to give?" Yan Zi said to him, "Qi's envoys have their own masters. The wise envoys have their own masters. The unworthy envoys have their own masters. The babies are the most unworthy. Therefore, it is appropriate to use Chu."

Chinese PinYin : zhāng mèi chéng wéi