大队人马 (dà) — large group of people; huge crowd (originally military formation)
Definition
A chengyu-like idiom for a 'large group of people on the move', originally a military formation but now used for any big crowd. Tone is literary and slightly dramatic.
idiom
large group of peoplehuge crowd (originally military formation)
Examples
- 大队人马。Cān jiā zhè cì huó dòng de dà zhēn bù shǎo.There are quite a lot of people participating in this event.
- 大队人马。Tā men dài zhe dà lái dào le zhè ge chéng shì.They brought a large group of people to this city.
- 大队人马，。dà Cóng guǎng chǎng zǒu guò, chǎng miàn fēi cháng zhuàng guān.A huge crowd walked across the square, and the scene was magnificent.
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