吠影吠声
fèi​yǐng​fèi​shēng

to blindly echo others

  • created reference approved 吠影吠声/吠影吠聲 → 吠形吠声/吠形吠聲 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吠影吠声 / 吠影吠聲 fèi​yǐng​fèi​shēng

    吠形吠声 / 吠形吠聲 fèi​xíng​fèi​shēng

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 吠影吠声/吠影吠聲 · fèi​yǐng​fèi​shēng · to blindly echo others — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吠影吠声 / 吠影吠聲

    fèi​yǐng​fèi​shēng

    to blindly echo others

    To blindly parrot what others say or repeat rumors without checking the facts; literally describes one dog barking at a shadow and others barking along with it.

    吠 (literal) → 吠 · fèi · to bark 影 (literal) → 影 · yǐng · shadow 吠声 (literal) → 吠声/吠聲 · fèi​shēng · bark

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

    created sense