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群起而攻之

qún qǐ ér gōng zhī

Definitions

  1. 1. the masses rise to attack it (idiom); Everyone is against the idea.
  2. 2. universally abhorrent

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Child Words of 群起而攻之

起
qǐ

(for groups or occurrences) instance, time

之
zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

攻
gōng

to attack

群
qún

group

而
ér

and