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乌合之众

wū hé zhī zhòngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) rabble / disorderly band
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

烏合之眾 乌合之众 [wu1 he2 zhi1 zhong4] /(idiom) rabble; disorderly band/

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Other forms in these source records: 烏合之眾

  • 乌
    wū

    crow / black

    wù

    used in 烏拉|乌拉[wù la] / used in 烏拉草|乌拉草[wù la cǎo]

    Wū

    abbr. for country names that begin with 烏|乌[wū]: Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wū kè lán], Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦|乌兹别克斯坦[Wū zī bié kè sī tǎn] etc / surname Wu

  • 合
    gě

    100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗

    hé

    to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale

  • 之
    zhī

    (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de]) / him / her / it

  • 众
    zhòng

    (bound form) crowd / multitude / (bound form) many / numerous

    Zhòng

    abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhòng yì yuàn], House of Representatives

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.