spread rumours to confuse the people(zào yáo huò zhòng)

spread rumours to confuse the people

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z à oy á Ohu à zh à n à, which means to create rumors and confuse the masses. It's from Jiangsu recovery chronicle.

The origin of Idioms

Zou Lu's record of the recovery of Jiangsu Province: "the governor's office also issued an interim military law: one for those who retreat, one for those who rape women, one for those who harass the people, and one for those who make rumors and confuse the public."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning and is used for villains.

Examples

One of the usual tactics used by the enemy in plotting is to create rumors and confuse the public.

Even more, there are bad people who make rumors to confuse the public, and it seems that people's hearts are going to disperse. Ru Zhijuan's story edited wrong

Chinese PinYin : zào yáo huò zhòng