people mountain people sea
English
editEtymology
editCalque of Chinese 人山人海 (rénshānrénhǎi).
Idion
edit- (Chinglish) crowded or jam-packed with people
- 2019, Changming Yuan, “Trade Deficit: Chinese Exported into English”, in T. R. Mwanaka, editor, Nationalism: (mis)understanding Donald Trump's Capitalism, Racism, Global Politics, International Trade and Media Wars[2], volume 2, →ISBN:
- Jenny was lost among people mountain people sea. I don't blame her in such a gunvernment celebration.
- 2020 October 26, Li Hou, Building for Oil: Daqing and the Formation of the Chinese Socialist State, BRILL, →ISBN, page 19:
- However, this rule seems to have been overturned in the PRC with its "people mountain people sea" strategy that played an important role in the successful exploration of mining resources, assisted by advanced technologies and heavy investments (see fig 1.5 for another example of this strategy in action).