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众
zhòng
[名]
【本义】: 众人、大家
【造字法】: 会意。“众”从三人。“三”表示众多。“众”表示众人站立。“衆”,甲骨文字形。象许多人在烈日下劳动。
1. 同本义 (multitude; everyone)
引:
1 《国语·周语》: 人三为众。
2 《易·说卦》: 坤为众。
3 《周礼·大宗伯》: 大师之礼用众也,大均之礼恤众也,大田之礼简众也,大役之礼任众也,大封之礼合众也。
4 《后汉书·杨终传》: 安土重居,谓之众庶。
5 《荀子·脩身》: 庸众而野。 注: “众,众人也。”
6 《论语·卫灵公》: 众恶之,必察焉。
7 《左传·襄公十年》: 众怒难犯。
8 王安石《答司马谏议书》: 则众何为而不汹汹然?
9 《史记·陈涉世家》: 此教我先威众耳。
10 诸葛亮《后出师表》: 群疑满服,众难塞胸。
11 清·薛福成《观巴黎油画记》: 激众愤。
12 清·徐珂《清稗类钞·战事类》: 吾村之众。
例: 又如: 众皆感奋。
例: 又如: 率众袭之。
例: 又如: 众喙(众人的闲言碎语); 众口铄金; 众目睽睽; 众叛亲离; 众力; 听众; 观众; 群众; 会众; 民众; 公众; 万众。
2. 指诸事,万事 (everything)
引:
1 《礼记·仲尼燕居》: 政事失其施,加于身而错于前,凡众之动失其宜。
例: 又如: 众名(万物之名); 众有(万物); 众念(万念); 众物(万物; 诸物)。
3. 指百官; 群臣 (all official)
引:
1 《礼记》: 天子之五官曰司徒、司马、司空、司士、司寇,典司五众。
例: 又如: 众士; 众臣。
4. 兵; 军队。亦指丁壮可为兵者 (soldier; army)
引:
1 《史记·平原君虞卿列传》: 率数万之众。(众指军队。)
例: 又如: 众力; 众卒。
5. 殷、周从事农业生产的奴隶,或管理奴隶的人 (slave)
引:
1 《书·汤誓》: 格!尔众庶,悉听朕言。
6. 佛家语。用以指教徒人数 (monk number)
引:
1 《西游记》: 一行三众,辞别高老及众亲友,投西而去。
例: 又如: 众性; 众生。
7. 姓
众
zhòng
[形]
1. 众多,与“寡”、“少”相对 (many)
引:
1 《资治通鉴·赤壁之战》: 今寇众我寡,难以持久。
2 《左传·桓公十一年》: 师克在和,不在众。
3 《荀子·劝学》: 树成荫而众鸟息焉。
4 明·魏禧《大铁椎传》: 贼能且众。
例: 又如: 众贼环而进。
2. 各种 (various)
例: 如: 众艺; 众虑; 众管; 众伪; 众群; 众善。
3. 广泛; 普遍 (general; common)
引:
1 《荀子》: 是非容貌之患也,闻见之不众,议论之卑尔。
例: 又如: 众妙; 众医。
lit. people rebelling and friends deserting (idiom) / fig. to find oneself utterly isolated
sensationalism / vulgar claptrap to please the crowds / playing to the gallery / demagogy
the few are no match for the many / heavily outnumbered / facing impossible odds (idiom)
multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius) / heavily outnumbered / beaten by the weight of numbers
the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered / unequally matched / overwhelmed by weight of numbers
public place with numerous people
to mislead the public with rumors (idiom) / to delude the people with lies
spread rumours to confusehoodwink / mislead] the people / fabricate rumours to mislead people / spread rumours to create confusion
to behead sb and display the head in public
populace / masses / the people
spectators / audience / visitors (to an exhibition etc)
the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc)
to do with the masses / mass (meeting, movement etc)
lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure / to group around a revered leader / to revolve around sb
lower house of bicameral assembly / House of Representatives (USA) / Chamber of Deputies
as everyone knows (idiom)
in public / in front of everybody
target audience / audience
to gather a crowd / to muster
see 萬目睽睽|万目睽睽[wan4 mu4 kui2 kui2]
attention focused by millions of people
lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism / attacked on all sides