Lingaku- to say what everyone says (idiom)
- to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view
- to follow the herd
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to say what everyone says (idiom)
- to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view
- to follow the herd
This idiom describes the behavior of individuals who merely echo the opinions or statements of others rather than expressing their own thoughts or viewpoints.
He never shares his own opinions and always says what everyone else says.
This meaning highlights the tendency of people to align their beliefs or actions with what they believe is the prevailing opinion in a group.
hěn很duō多rén人zài在shè jiāo méi tǐ社交媒体shǎng上rén yún yì yún人云亦云，bù不gǎn敢tiǎo zhàn挑战pǔ biàn普遍de的guān diǎn观点。
Many people conform to the majority view on social media and do not dare to challenge common opinions.
The teacher reminded the students not to conform to what everyone says, but to think independently.
This phrase illustrates the inclination to go along with the crowd without critical thinking or individual reasoning.
When shopping, she always follows the herd and chooses what others pick.
They followed the herd while voting and did not consider their own judgment.
Generated collocations (experimental)
rén yún yì yún人云亦云to follow the herdsuí dà liú随大流to go with the flowrén yún yì yún人云亦云de地to conform to popular opinionrén人duō zuǐ多嘴zá杂the more people, the more opinionsgēn fēng跟风to follow trendsfù hè附和bié ren别人to echo othersmáng cóng盲从to blindly followwú zhǔ jiàn无主见to lack personal judgmentrén yún yì yún人云亦云de的tài du态度a conformist attitudeqún tǐ群体sī wéi思维groupthinkyíng hé迎合Dà zhòng大众to cater to the massessuí shēng fù hè随声附和to chime in with others