妖言惑眾 yāo yán huò zhòng

DEFINITIONS

  1. to mislead the public with rumors (idiom)
  2. to delude the people with lies

CHARACTERS

妖 yāo strange, weird, supernatural
言 yán
HSK 4
words, speech; speak, say
惑 huò
HSK 6
confuse, mislead, baffle; doubt
眾 zhòng masses, people, multitude, crowd