过江之鲫
guò​jiāng​zhī​jì

an excessive number

  • created sense approved 过江之鲫/過江之鯽 · guò​jiāng​zhī​jì · an excessive number — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    过江之鲫 / 過江之鯽

    guò​jiāng​zhī​jì

    an excessive number

    An idiom literally meaning a school of crucian carp crossing a river, used to describe a vast multitude of people or things, especially those following a trend or appearing in great numbers

    过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · to cross 江 (literal) → 江 · jiāng · river 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 鲫 (literal) → 鲫/鯽 · jì · crucian carp

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense