妖言惑众 — Chinese idiom
妖言惑众
yāo yán huò zhòng
Traditional: 妖言惑眾
Meaning
- to mislead the public with rumors
- to delude the people with lies
Character by character
- 妖yāostrange, weird, supernatural; bewitching, enchanti
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 惑huòto confuse, to mislead; to doubt
- 众zhòngmultitude, crowd; masses, public
Idioms sharing a character
- 妖魔鬼怪 yāo mó guǐ guài
- 兴妖作怪 xīng yāo zuò guài
- 一言一动 yī yán yī dòng
- 一言一行 yī yán yī xíng
- 一言不合 yī yán bù hé
- 一言不发 yī yán bù fā
- 一言九鼎 yī yán jiǔ dǐng
- 一言千金 yī yán qiān jīn
- 一言为定 yī yán wéi dìng
- 一言为重 yī yán wéi zhòng
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