alert many people

alert many people

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī ngq ú nd ò ngzh ò ng, which means to arouse many people to do something. It is the same as "startling the masses". It comes from the book with Huang Pingqian written by Yuan Hongdao of Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan Hongdao of Ming Dynasty wrote a book with Huang Pingqian: "everything is just ordinary, and there is no need to shock the crowd."

Idiom usage

It's used as a predicate or object; it's used to alarm a lot of people.