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): ㄧㄠ ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu² jin⁴ waak⁶ zung³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāoyánhuòzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄧㄢˊ 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

1. 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