千军万马 (qiān jūn wàn mǎ)

Character breakdown

• 千 (qiān) · 3 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 一 represents the meaning and 亻 represents the sound.

• 军 (jūn) · 6 strokes

  Simplified form of 軍. Phonosemantic compound. 勻 represents the sound and 車 represents the meaning.

• 万 (mò) · 3 strokes

  Variant of 丏. Depicts a person (人) with a cover on top, conveying the original meaning "to not be seen". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Simplified form of 萬.

• 马 (Mǎ) · 3 strokes

  Simplified form of 馬. Pictograph of a horse.

Usage

他仿佛有千军万马之力。

magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower; all the King's horses and all the King's men

tā fǎng fú yǒu qiān jūn wàn mǎ zhī lì 。