群起而攻之

the masses rise to attack it (idiom); Everyone is against the idea. / universally abhorrent

and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)

to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

variant of 群[qun2]

group / crowd / flock, herd, pack etc

to attack / to accuse / to study