群起而攻之
Traditional form:
群起而攻之
Pinyin (reading):
qúnqǐ'érgōngzhī
Definitions:
- the masses rise to attack it (idiom); Everyone is against the idea.
- universally abhorrent
Characters:
- 群 - group, crowd; multitude, mob
- 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
- 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
- 攻 - to accuse; to assault; to criticize
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
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