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Open the tool →比肩叠踵 (bǐ jiān dié zhǒng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to describe a large crowd of people, standing shoulder to shoulder and so close that their heels are treading on each other; packed with people; a throng”.
比肩叠踵 is pronounced bǐ jiān dié zhǒng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 比肩叠踵 means “shoulder to shoulder, heels treading on heels”. It is used to mean “to describe a large crowd of people, standing shoulder to shoulder and so close that their heels are treading on each other; packed with people; a throng”.
形容人多。叠踵,脚尖踩脚跟。