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怨声载道

yuàn shēng zài dào

complaints everywhere

Character by character

怨yuàn
complaint
声shēng
voices
载zài
fill
道dào
road

Example

新政策一出,市民怨声载道。
As soon as the new policy came out, residents complained loudly.

Tone: negative (criticism).

Usage and origin

载 is zài (fill).

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