偶语弃市 (偶語棄市)
ǒu yǔ qì shì
Pinyin

Definition

偶语弃市 (偶語棄市)
 - 
ǒu yǔ qì shì
  1. chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)

Related Words (20)

ǒu ěr
  1. 1 occasionally
  2. 2 once in a while
  3. 3 sometimes
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 classifier: 座 zuò
shì qū
  1. 1 urban district
  2. 2 downtown
  3. 3 city center
shì chǎng
  1. 1 marketplace
  2. 2 market (also in abstract)
shì mín
  1. 1 city resident

Idioms (7)

偶一为之
ǒu yī wéi zhī
  1. 1 to do sth once in a while (idiom)
  2. 2 to do sth more as an exception than the rule
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
  1. 1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
招摇过市
zhāo yáo guò shì
  1. 1 to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
无独有偶
wú dú yǒu ǒu
  1. 1 not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.); not a unique occurrence
  2. 2 it's not the only case
绑赴市曹
bǎng fù shì cáo
  1. 1 to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution