三人成虎

sān rén chéng hǔ

Dictionary entry

three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact

What does 三人成虎 mean?

三人成虎 (sān rén chéng hǔ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact

Character breakdown

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三Sānsurname San 人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]成Chéngsurname Cheng · short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]虎hǔtiger · CL:隻|只[zhi1]

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三人成虎

sān rén chéng hǔ

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