簇拥 cùyōng to crowd around
to crowd around; to escort
How to remember 簇拥: 簇 bunch + 拥 to have = to crowd around.
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How it is used
- For a crowd to cluster tightly around someone/something - 众人簇拥着明星 (zhòngrén cùyōng zhe míngxīng) the crowd thronged around the star.
- Implies many surrounding and escorting a central figure; often 前呼后拥 imagery.
- Literary/descriptive register.