DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to say what everyone says (idiom) / to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view / to follow the herdSources & editorial notes
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Original source entry:
人云亦云 人云亦云 [ren2 yun2 yi4 yun2] /to say what everyone says (idiom)/to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view/to follow the herd/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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