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众口铄金

zhòng kǒu shuò jīn

4-character word Traditional 眾口鑠金

What 众口铄金 means

1. lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom)
2. fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth
3. mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong

The characters in 众口铄金

• 众zhòng(bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 铄shuòbright; to melt; to fuse
• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals