千夫所指

qiānfū-suǒzhǐ
idiom #47,130

Meanings

  1. 1 to be condemned by the multitude
  2. 2 universally denounced

Examples

HSK 3
Zhèzhǒng xíngwéi jiǎnzhí shì qiānfū-suǒzhǐ.
Such behavior is universally condemned.
HSK 7-9
Tā yīn tānwū shòuhuì lúnwéi qiānfū-suǒzhǐ de duìxiàng.
He became a target of universal denunciation for embezzlement and bribery.

Tips

history
From 《汉书·王嘉传》 - 千人所指,无病而死 (when a thousand fingers point at a man, he dies without illness). The Han-era warning that moral condemnation alone can destroy a person.

Stroke Order

qiān
suǒ
zhǐ