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/衆口鑠金)		眾/衆	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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngkǒushuòjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄕㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngkǒushuòjin
    • Wade–Giles: chung⁴-kʻou³-shuo⁴-chin¹
    • Yale: jùng-kǒu-shwò-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqkooushuohjin
    • Palladius: чжункоушоцзинь (čžunkoušoczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung³ hau² soek³ gam¹
    • Yale: jung háu seuk gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung³ hau² soek⁸ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung³ heo² sêg³ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ hɐu̯³⁵ sœːk̚³ kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

眾口鑠金

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