A collection of flies and ants
It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ f ù y í NGJ í, which means to describe the number of followers. It's from yehuo Bian, Ministry of war, military minister Haowen.
The origin of Idioms
Shen De Fu of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the book of Ye Huo Bian · Bing Bu · Wu Chen Hao Wen: "when the mountain people moved with the army, they were all called Mr. Ji Xin's Ci school. They went and came back."
Idiom usage
Used as an object or adverbial; used in figurative sentences
A collection of flies and ants
want to reach a high position -- like a stork hovering on high and crying proudly - féi dùn míng gāo
not to recognize one 's own closest relatives - liù qīn bù rèn