妖言惑眾 yāo yán huò zhòng

to delude the people with lies

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
妖 yāo
bewitching; enchanting; monster
言 yán HSK 4
to say; to talk; speech
惑 huò HSK 6
to be puzzled; to confuse
眾 zhòng
many; numerous; crowd