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people mountain people sea

people mountain people sea noun: a large and packed crowd of people.

Noun

people mountain people sea

  1. A large and packed crowd of people.
    • Jenny was lost among people mountain people sea. I don't blame her in such a gunvernment celebration.2019, Changming Yuan, “Trade Deficit: Chinese Exported into English”, in T. R. Mwanaka, editor, Nationalism: (mis)understanding Donald Trump's Capitalism, Racism, Global Politics, International Trade...
    • However, this rule seems to have been overturned in the PRC with its "people mountain people sea" strategy that played an important role in the successful exploration of mining resources, assisted by advanced technologies and heavy investments (see fig 1.5 for another example of this strategy in...2020 October 26, Li Hou, Building for Oil: Daqing and the Formation of the Chinese Socialist State, BRILL, →ISBN, page 19

Origin of people mountain people sea

Calque of Chinese 人山人海 (rénshānrénhǎi).

Questions about people mountain people sea

What does people mountain people sea mean?
People mountain people sea means a large and packed crowd of people.
What part of speech is people mountain people sea?
People mountain people sea is a noun.

Words near people mountain people sea in the dictionary

  1. people having ordinary skill in the art
  2. people in the street
  3. people journalism
  4. people meter
  5. people meters
  6. people mountain people sea
  7. people mover
  8. people movers
  9. people of God
  10. people of interest
  11. people of ordinary skill in the art

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