聚众 (jù zhòng) — to gather a crowd (often with negative or legal connotations)
Definition
Literally 'gather a crowd/mob', used almost exclusively in legal/crime-reporting contexts — the assembled people are doing something illegal (聚众闹事, 聚众赌博). Almost never used for neutral assemblies.
verb
to gather a crowd (often with negative or legal connotations)
Examples
- 聚众，。Tā men jù zhòng nào shì, bèi jǐng chá dài zǒu le.They gathered a crowd to make trouble and were taken away by the police.
- 聚众。Fǎ lǜ jìn zhǐ jù zhòng dǔ bó.The law prohibits gathering a crowd to gamble.
- 聚众。Zhè cì kàng yì huó dòng bèi zhǐ kòng wèi jù zhòng zī shì.This protest was accused of being an assembly that created disturbances.
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