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议论纷纷 (yì lùn fēn fēn) — (idiom) to be the subject of widespread discussion; to cause a buzz; everyone is talking about it

Definition

A vivid idiom for 'everyone is talking about it / buzzing with opinions' — emphasizes that people are actively debating, not just chatting.

idiom
to be the subject of widespread discussionto cause a buzzeveryone is talking about it

Examples

  • 议论纷纷，。
    Zhè jiàn shì zài wǎng shàng yì lùn fēn fēn, yǐn qǐ le dà jiā de guān zhù.
    This matter has caused widespread discussion online and attracted everyone's attention.
  • ，议论纷纷，。
    Duì yú tā de jué dìng, dà jiā yì lùn fēn fēn, yì jiàn bù yī.
    Regarding his decision, everyone is talking about it with differing opinions.
  • ，议论纷纷。
    Gōng sī cái yuán de xiāo xi chuán chū hòu, yuán gōng men yì lùn fēn fēn.
    After the news of the company's layoffs spread, the employees were all talking about it.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

议论discussion
议yìdiscuss论lùndiscuss
联合Coordinate
纷纷in succession
纷fēnabundant纷fēnabundant
重叠Reduplication

议论 points to discussion, and 纷纷 suggests many things happening one after another; together it means widespread talk.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 議; 议 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yántalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
義
義yì議⁰yì
Same sound today

The traditional form 議 pairs 言 (talk) with 義 as a sound component; the simplified 议 is a later shorthand.

Open 议 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 論; 论 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánsay
Sound part声符shēngfú
侖
侖lún論lùn
Same sound today

The traditional form 論 pairs 言 (“say”) with 侖 as a sound component; the simplified 论 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

Open 论 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 紛; 纷 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
分
分fēn紛fēn
Same sound today

The form 紛 is built from 糸, a meaning part, and 分, a sound part.

Open 纷 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 紛; 纷 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
分
分fēn紛fēn
Same sound today

The form 紛 is built from 糸, a meaning part, and 分, a sound part.

Open 纷 →
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