一哄而起

Traditional form:

一哄而起

Pinyin (reading):

yīhōng'érqǐ

Definitions:

• (of a group of people) to rush into action

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 哄 - to coax; to beguile, to cheat, to deceive; tumult, uproar
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 哄 - to coax; to beguile, to cheat, to deceive; tumult, uproar
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up