众怒难犯 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• one cannot afford to incur public wrath
• it is dangerous to incur the anger of the masses

Character by character

• 众zhòngmultitude, crowd; masses, public
• 怒nùanger, passion, rage
• 难nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 犯fàncriminal; to violate, to commit a crime

Idioms sharing a character

• 不孚众望 bù fú zhòng wàng
• 不负众望 bù fù zhòng wàng
• 人多势众 rén duō shì zhòng
• 公之于众 gōng zhī yú zhòng
• 力排众议 lì pái zhòng yì
• 劳师动众 láo shī dòng zhòng
• 大庭广众 dà tíng guǎng zhòng
• 妖言惑众 yāo yán huò zhòng
• 寡不敌众 guǎ bù dí zhòng
• 左道惑众 zuǒ dào huò zhòng

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