widespread public discontent; complaints fill the streets
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesidiom
complaints fill the roads; widespread public resentment and discontent
formalFormal idiom used to describe widespread popular dissatisfaction with policies, conditions, or leadership.
Yóu由
yú于
wù物
jià价
fēi飞
zhǎng涨
，
bǎi百
xìng姓
yuàn怨
shēng声
zài载
dào道
。
Due to soaring prices, the common people were filled with complaints.
Zhè这
xiàng项
zhèng政
cè策
yǐn引
qǐ起
le了
mín民
zhòng众
de的
yuàn怨
shēng声
zài载
dào道
。
This policy has drawn widespread public discontent.
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Xīn新
shuì税
fǎ法
yī一
chū出
，
shāng商
rén人
zhōng中
jiān间
yuàn怨
shēng声
zài载
dào道
。
As soon as the new tax law came out, there was widespread grumbling among the merchants.