人云亦云
rén​yún​yì​yún

to parrot others

  • created reference approved 人云亦云 → 鹦鹉学舌/鸚鵡學舌 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    人云亦云 rén​yún​yì​yún

    鹦鹉学舌 / 鸚鵡學舌 yīng​wǔ​xué​shé

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 人云亦云 · rén​yún​yì​yún · to parrot others — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    人云亦云

    rén​yún​yì​yún

    to parrot others

    to say what everyone else says; to echo or conform to the majority view instead of having one's own opinion. Similar to [[鹦鹉学舌|鸚鵡學舌|ying1 wu3 xue2 she2]], but suggests a lack of independent judgment rather than just mechanical imitation.

    人 (literal) → 人 · rén · other people 云 (literal) → 云 · yún · to say 亦 (literal) → 亦 · yì · also 云 (literal) → 云 · yún · to say

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense