like flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful; the crowd runs after trash
trad. 如蠅逐臭
Also written 如蠅逐臭【rú yíng zhú chòu】
Characters in this word
4如
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as, as if, such as
- Pinyin
- rú
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1252 of 2500
蝇
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fly, musca, CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- yíng
- Traditional
- 蠅
- Strokes
- 14
逐
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(bound form) to pursue; to chase; to drive away, one by one; individually
- Pinyin
- zhú
- Strokes
- 10
臭
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stench, smelly, to smell (bad), repulsive, loathsome, terrible, bad, severely, ruthlessly, dud (ammunition)
- Pinyin
- chòu
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1610 of 2500