idiom > (of bandits) to gather in woods or mountains in response to wistles or shouts
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啸聚山林
Pinyin: xiào jù shān lín

Explanation: 啸聚互相呼召着聚合起来。指反抗反动统治而聚众起事。

Source: 明·施耐庵《水浒传》第八十五回我这伙好汉,非比啸聚山林之辈。”

Example: 那李乐亦是~之贼,今不得已而召之。★明·罗贯中《三国演义》第十三回

English Expression
  1. v.:  (of bandits) to gather in woods or mountains in response to wistles or shouts
French Expression
  1. v.  prendre le maquis, vivre en hors-la-loi