如蝇逐臭 — Chinese idiom
如蝇逐臭
rú yíng zhú chòu
Traditional: 如蠅逐臭
Meaning
- like flies pursuing a stink ; the mob chases the rich and powerful
- the crowd runs after trash
Character by character
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 蝇yíngfly, musca
- 逐zhúto pursue; to expel; step by step
- 臭chòuto reek, to smell, to stink
Idioms sharing a character
- 一如既往 yī rú jì wǎng
- 一清如水 yī qīng rú shuǐ
- 一贫如洗 yī pín rú xǐ
- 一钱如命 yī qián rú mìng
- 不过如此 bù guò rú cǐ
- 了如指掌 liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
- 人如其名 rén rú qí míng
- 人生如梦 rén shēng rú mèng
- 但愿如此 dàn yuàn rú cǐ
- 依然如故 yī rán rú gù
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