千军万马 qiānjūn-wànmǎ magnificent army with thousands of men and horses
magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower; all the King's horses and all the King's men
怎么记住“千军万马”: 千 thousand + 军 army + 万 ten thousand + 马 horse (Kangxi radical 187) = magnificent army with thousands of men and horses.
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- A vast army of men and horses - figuratively an overwhelming force or crowd - 千军万马过独木桥 (qiānjūn-wànmǎ guò dúmùqiáo) a huge crowd crossing a single-log bridge (fierce competition).
- Set idiom for an impressive, massive display of manpower.
- Hyperbolic; used to dramatize scale of force or competition.