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左道惑众

zuǒ dào huò zhòngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to delude the masses with heretical doctrines (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-b988561279e41464. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

左道惑眾 左道惑众 [zuo3 dao4 huo4 zhong4] /to delude the masses with heretical doctrines (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 左道惑眾

  • 左
    zuǒ

    left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite

    Zuǒ

    surname Zuo

  • 道
    dào

    road / path (CL:條|条[tiáo],股[gǔ]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)

  • 惑
    huò

    to confuse / to be puzzled

  • 众
    zhòng

    (bound form) crowd / multitude / (bound form) many / numerous

    Zhòng

    abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhòng yì yuàn], House of Representatives

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.