Chinese

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ten thousand; a great number; surname man; person; people
emptied; leisure; air
emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
 
lane; alley
trad. (萬人空巷)
simp. (万人空巷)
Literally: “ten thousand people (turning out to the event, and) alleyways are empty”.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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萬人空巷

  1. the whole town turns out to (an event); all of the people in a place have turned out to (an event)