一哄而散

yīhōng'érsàn

idiom

Meanings

HSK 2

会没开完，大家就一哄而散了。

Huì méi kāi wán, dàjiā jiù yīhōng'érsàn le.

Before the meeting ended, everyone had cleared out.

HSK 3

警察一来，人群一哄而散。

Jǐngchá yīlái, rénqún yīhōng'érsàn.

The moment the police arrived, the crowd scattered.

mistakes

哄 here is read hōng (to rumble / roar), not hǒng (to coax) or hòng (uproar). Think of the sudden noise of a crowd as it breaks up.

usage

Describes groups only, not individuals. Often used when a gathering ends abruptly or anticlimactically.

一 yī

哄 hǒng

而 ér

散 sàn