众志成城 (zhòng zhì chéng chéng)

Character breakdown

• 众 (Zhòng) · 6 strokes

  Triple of 人 (person), depicts many people together. Simplified form of 眾.

• 志 (zhì) · 7 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 士 represents the sound. In simplified Chinese 志 is also used to mean "write down, record", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written wit…

• 成 (Chéng) · 6 strokes

  Depicts defending city walls (丁) with an axe (戌). 丁 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "city", now written as 城. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

• 城 (chéng) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 成 represents the sound.

Usage

只要众志成城，没有克服不了的困难。

unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)

zhǐ yào zhòng zhì chéng chéng ， méi yǒu kè fú bù liǎo de kùn nán 。