妖言惑眾

Chinese

		heresy; fallacy	to delude or confuse people
trad. (妖言惑眾/妖言惑衆)		妖言	惑眾/惑衆
simp. (妖言惑众)		妖言	惑众

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yāoyánhuòzhòng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu² jin⁴ waak⁶ zung³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yāoyánhuòzhòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yaoyánhuòjhòng
  - Wade–Giles: yao¹-yen²-huo⁴-chung⁴
  - Yale: yāu-yán-hwò-jùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iauyanhuohjonq
  - Palladius: яояньхочжун (jaojanʹxočžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu² jin⁴ waak⁶ zung³
  - Yale: yíu yìhn waahk jung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu² jin⁴ waak⁹ dzung³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu² yin⁴ wag⁶ zung³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³⁵ jiːn²¹ waːk̚² t͡sʊŋ³³/

Idiom

妖言惑眾

to delude the masses with strange and harmful teachings; to deceive people with lies and fallacies
你就別妖言惑眾了，弄得人心惶惶。 [MSC, trad.]
你就别妖言惑众了，弄得人心惶惶。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ jiù bié yāoyánhuòzhòng le, nòng de rénxīnhuánghuáng. [Pinyin]
Don't spread fallacies to deceive people. It is making everyone feel jittery.

Synonyms

詭辭欺世／诡辞欺世

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