created sense approved 防人之口，甚于防川/防人之口，甚於防川 · fángrénzhīkǒushènyúfángchuān · to silence the people is harder than to dam a river — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
防人之口，甚于防川 / 防人之口，甚於防川
fángrénzhīkǒushènyúfángchuān
to silence the people is harder than to dam a river
it is more dangerous to stop the people from speaking than to block a river; a warning against suppressing public opinion
防 (literal) → 防 · fáng · to guard against 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 口 (literal) → 口 · kǒu · speech ， (non_chinese) 甚于 (literal) → 甚于/甚於 · shènyú · more than 防 (literal) → 防 · fáng · to guard against 川 (literal) → 川 · chuān · river
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