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散布

sàn bù

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 散佈

What 散布 means

1. to disseminate

The characters in 散布

• 散sànto scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse
• 布bùcloth; to declare; to announce

Example sentences

• 人们很容易将能源和电力小组委员会的大多数成员描述为笨蛋。他们散布石油和煤炭公司炮制的虚假信息，以最大限度地减少全球气候变迁的重要性，被称为科学文盲。
  One can easily characterize a majority of the energy and power subcommittee members as nincompoops — scientific illiterates who spread misinformation crafted by oil and coal companies in order to minimize the significance of global climate change.

Sounds the same

Read sàn bù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 散步to take a walk; to go for a walk