beguile people out of the right way; confuse and poison people’s minds;confuse public opinion; deceive the people with demagogy; resort to damagogy
? 他們制造謠言，～。They fabricated rumours in an attempt to confuse and poison people’s minds.
? 這項聲明提出的，不過是些～的口號罷了。What the statement proposed was nothing more than some demagogic slogans.
蠱惑人心
delude people;confuse public opinion by resorting to demagogy;speak demagogically
蠱惑人心ɡǔ huò rén xīn
蠱：傳說中的一種毒蟲；蠱惑：毒害、迷惑。比喻用謠言迷惑、毒害群眾。 resort to demagogy, poison people’s minds, deceptive propaganda