萬人空巷 wàn rén kōng xiàng

DEFINITIONS

  1. the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate)
  2. the whole town turns out

CHARACTERS

萬 wàn ten thousand; innumerable
人 rén man; people; mankind; someone else
空 kōng empty, hollow, bare, deserted
巷 xiàng alley, lane