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Simplfied Chinese
三人成虎
Traditional Chinese
三人成虎
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
sān rén chéng hǔ
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
saam1 yan4 sing4 fu2
Short definition repeated rumor becomes a fact
Usage frequency Somewhat infrequent
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All available English definitions three men talking makes a tiger (idiom)MDBG icon / repeated rumor becomes a factMDBG icon / the word of three men was enough to spread a false rumour about a tiger hiding in the townAdso icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: the word of three men was enough to spread a false rumour about a tiger hiding in the town
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samemdbg
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
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