people mountain people sea

Calque of Chinese 人山人海 (rénshānrénhǎi).

• "People mountain / people sea / Heads bowed to phones / The road ahead unseen"
• "Jenny was lost among people mountain people sea. I don't blame her in such a gunvernment celebration."
• "However, this rule seems to have been overturned in the PRC with its "people mountain people sea" strategy that played an important role in the successful exploration of mining resources, assisted by advanced technologies and heavy investments (see fig 1.5 for another example of this strategy in action)."
• "I didn't want to be part of Shanghai. I preferred to be an obscure visitor in Shanghai with nobody noticing me. I was fascinated by its noise and the people mountain, people sea."