Bu-hwa-noe-dong

附

붙을 부

和

화할 화

雷

우레 뢰

同

같을 동

Character by character

Meaning

Falling in with others and echoing them like thunder.

Origin

Noe-dong comes from the Book of Rites, on how all things answer at once when thunder sounds.

How it is used

Used to criticise going along with opinion without judging for oneself.

Hanja附和雷同

Simplified附和雷同

Korean reading부화뇌동

Pinyinfù hè léi tóng

Frequently asked questions

Q. What does Bu-hwa-noe-dong mean?

附和雷同 · Falling in with others and echoing them like thunder.

Q. Where does Bu-hwa-noe-dong come from?

Noe-dong comes from the Book of Rites, on how all things answer at once when thunder sounds.

Q. How is Bu-hwa-noe-dong used?

Used to criticise going along with opinion without judging for oneself.

Idioms in the same group

言中有骨 Eon-jung-yu-golThere is bone inside the words — a hard meaning hidden in an ordinary remark.寸鐵殺人 Chon-cheol-sa-rinKill with an inch of steel — pierce the vital point with a few words.以心傳心 I-sim-jeon-simMind transmits to mind — understanding without a word spoken.甘言利說 Gam-eon-i-seolSweet words and seemingly advantageous talk — the language of enticement.有口無言 Yu-gu-mu-eonYou have a mouth but nothing to say.一言之下 Il-eon-ji-haSettled in a single word — a flat, immediate response.

The idioms used in Korea mix phrases from the Chinese classics with ones coined in Korea. Where an expression is not used in China, the entry says so.