眾口鑠金

眾口鑠金

Chinese

		numerous; multitude; crowd	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	bright; melt; fuse (metal)	metal; gold; money
trad. (眾口鑠金)		眾	口	鑠	金
simp. (众口铄金)		众	口	铄	金
Literally: “the mouths of the masses can melt gold”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòngkǒushuòjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄕㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung³ hau² soek³ gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhòngkǒushuòjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄕㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqkooushuohjin
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung³ hau² soek³ gam¹
    • Yale: jung háu seuk gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung³ hau² soek⁸ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung³ heo² sêg³ gem¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ hɐu̯³⁵ sœ̽ːk̚³ kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

眾口鑠金

1. the clamorous words or opinions of the mass may obscure the facts or turn lies into truth