前呼后拥

前呼後擁
qiánhūhòuyǒng

describes the grand and loud scene of government officials or important personages touring, with many attendants yelling to clear the way and clustering around the officials or personages to protect them

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Entry Composition

1 前 qián
  1. front
  2. forward
  3. ahead
  4. first
  5. top (followed by a number)
  6. future
  7. ago
  8. before
  9. BC (e.g. 前293年)
  10. former
  11. formerly
=2 呼 hū
  1. to call
  2. to cry
  3. to shout
  4. to breath out
  5. to exhale
=2 呼 hū
  1. variant of 呼 hū
  2. to shout
  3. to call out
=2 呼 xiāo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 詨 /𰵦 (xiào, “to shout”)
  2. alternative form of 詨 /𰵦 (xiào, “to shout”)
=2 呼 xū
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 吁 (“sigh (expression of fatigue)”)
  2. alternative form of 吁 (“sigh (expression of fatigue)”)
=2 呼 hè
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Expression of anger.
  2. Expression of anger.
=2 呼 xià
  1. (historical dictionaries only) alternative form of 罅 (xià, “crack; rift”)
  2. alternative form of 罅 (xià, “crack; rift”)
=3 后 Hòu surname Hou
=3 后 hòu
  1. empress
  2. queen
  3. (archaic) monarch
  4. ruler
=3 后 hòu
  1. back
  2. behind
  3. rear
  4. afterwards
  5. after
  6. later
  7. post-
4 拥 yōng
  1. to hold in one's arms; to embrace
  2. to surround; to gather around
  3. to throng; to swarm
  4. (bound form) to support (as in 拥护 yōnghù)
  5. (literary) to have; to possess
  6. Taiwan pr. yǒng