群起而攻之 Save Sign in to save words qúnqǐérgōngzhī ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄑㄧˇ ㄦˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄓ the masses rise to attack it (idiom) Everyone is against the idea. universally abhorrent Character by character 群(qún)group 起(qǐ)rise 而(ér)and 攻(gōng)attack 之(zhī)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de) A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0