墙倒众人推 in English qiang2 dao3 zhong4 ren2 tui1 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically everybody hits a man who is down

Simplified Characters

墙 倒 众 人 推

Traditional Characters

牆 倒 眾 人 推

Pinyin

qiang2 dao3 zhong4 ren2 tui1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

墙qiang2variant of 牆|墙[qiang2], wall 倒dao4to fall 众zhong4abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives 人ren2man 推tui1to push