204Japanese idiom 四字熟語
付和雷同
ふわらいどうFuwa raidō
“Echoing the thunder without an opinion of one's own.”
The meaning
Approving what everyone approves, out of comfort rather than conviction. The idiom names the flaw the better to guard against it: a voice that is only an echo does not count.
At the origin
A four-character idiom, a classic warning against conformism.
The characters
In practice
Next time everyone nods, check what you actually think.