墙倒众人推

Traditional: 牆倒眾人推

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Dictionary entry

lit. when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove (idiom)

What does 墙倒众人推 mean?

墙倒众人推 (qiáng dǎo zhòng rén tuī) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove (idiom)

2fig. everybody hits a man who is down

Character breakdown

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墙qiángvariant of 牆|墙[qiang2]倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally · to fail; to go bankrupt 众Zhòngabbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives 人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]推tuīto push · to cut

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墙倒众人推

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