








肩摩踵接 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to rub shoulders and tread on heels”. Describing a dense crowd or bustling scene where people are tightly packed together. Literally, “shoulders rubbing, heels touching”.

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Open the tool →肩摩踵接 (jiān mó zhǒng jiē) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to rub shoulders and tread on heels”.
肩摩踵接 is pronounced jiān mó zhǒng jiē in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 肩摩踵接 means “shoulders rubbing, heels touching”. It is used to mean “to rub shoulders and tread on heels”.
肩碰肩,脚连脚。形容人很多,很拥挤。