偶语弃市 (偶語棄市)
ǒu yǔ qì shì
Pinyin
Definition
偶语弃市 (偶語棄市)
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- chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (7)
偶一为之
- 1 to do sth once in a while (idiom)
- 2 to do sth more as an exception than the rule
偶语弃市
- 1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
招摇过市
- 1 to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
无独有偶
- 1 not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.); not a unique occurrence
- 2 it's not the only case
绑赴市曹
- 1 to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution