4 characters Idiom and proverb 18 742

Chinese study involves characters, phrases, and idioms. This resource introduces 「眾議成林」 as part of advanced learning. Explanation below.

Here’s the idiom 「眾議成林」, with its definition and practical application described below.

It means that the discussions of the people can make people believe that a forest appeared on the plain. A metaphor for the fact that rumors can be mistaken for the truth.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhòng yì chéng lín

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jung3 yi5 sing4 lam4

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