{"path":"/entry/5884","title":"人言可畏 (rén yán kě wèi) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"人言可畏 (rén yán kě wèi): gossip is a fearful thing (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":5884,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["人言可畏"],"TRADITIONAL":["人言可畏"]}},"phonetic":"rén yán kě wèi","phoneticKey":"ren2 yan2 ke3 wei4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"gossip is a fearful thing ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":[],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Classic of Poetry, poem 76 (《詩經·鄭風·將仲子》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"仲可怀也，人之多言，亦可畏也。","traditional":"仲可懷也，人之多言，亦可畏也。"},"phonetic":"Zhòng kě huái yě, rén zhī duō yán, yì kěwèi yě.","english":"You, O Zhong, are to be loved,\nBut the talk of people, Is also to be feared.","ref":"The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}