created sense approved 兴师动众/興師動眾 · xīngshīdòngzhòng · to muster large forces — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
兴师动众 / 興師動眾
xīngshīdòngzhòng
to muster large forces
to mobilize a massive army for a military campaign
兴师 (literal) → 兴师/興師 · xīngshī · to dispatch troops 动 (literal) → 动/動 · dòng · to act 众 (literal) → 众/眾 · zhòng · crowd
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 兴师动众/興師動眾 · xīngshīdòngzhòng · to involve many people — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
兴师动众 / 興師動眾
xīngshīdòngzhòng
to involve many people
to drag in a great number of people to perform a task (often implying the effort is excessive or unnecessary)
兴师 (literal) → 兴师/興師 · xīngshī · to dispatch troops 动 (literal) → 动/動 · dòng · to act 众 (literal) → 众/眾 · zhòng · crowd
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition