赤舌燒城
chì​shé​shāo​chéng

slanderous talk can burn a city

  • created reference approved 赤舌烧城/赤舌燒城 → 众口铄金/眾口鑠金 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    赤舌烧城 / 赤舌燒城 chì​shé​shāo​chéng

    众口铄金 / 眾口鑠金 zhòng​kǒu​shuò​jīn

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 赤舌烧城/赤舌燒城 · chì​shé​shāo​chéng · slanderous talk can burn a city — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    赤舌烧城 / 赤舌燒城

    chì​shé​shāo​chéng

    slanderous talk can burn a city

    (idiom) the extreme harm caused by malicious rumors and slanderous talk; similar in meaning to [[众口铄金|眾口鑠金|zhong4 kou3 shuo4 jin1]]

    赤 (literal) → 赤 · chì · red 舌 (literal) → 舌 · shé · tongue-like object 烧 (literal) → 烧/燒 · shāo · to burn 城 (literal) → 城 · chéng · city

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