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Open the tool →众口铄金,积毁销骨 (zhòng kǒu shuò jīn , jī huǐ xiāo gǔ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Public opinion”.
众口铄金,积毁销骨 is pronounced zhòng kǒu shuò jīn , jī huǐ xiāo gǔ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 众口铄金,积毁销骨 means “Many mouths melt metal, accumulated slanders dissolve bones”. It is used to mean “Public opinion”.
铄金:熔化金属;积毁:积累的毁谤;销骨:熔化骨头。众人的言论能够熔化金属,纷纷而来的毁谤足以致人于死地。比喻舆论力量的强大