蛊惑人心 — Chinese idiom
蛊惑人心
gǔ huò rén xīn
Traditional: 蠱惑人心
Meaning
- to stir up public sentiment by false statements
- to resort to demagogy
Character by character
- 蛊gǔpoison, venom; to bewitch, to harm
- 惑huòto confuse, to mislead; to doubt
- 人rénman, person; people
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
Idioms sharing a character
- 病民蛊国 bìng mín gǔ guó
- 大惑不解 dà huò bù jiě
- 妖言惑众 yāo yán huò zhòng
- 左道惑众 zuǒ dào huò zhòng
- 解疑释惑 jiě yí shì huò
- 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
- 不恤人言 bù xù rén yán
- 不甘人后 bù gān rén hòu
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