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流言

liú yán

2-character word

What 流言 means

1. rumor
2. gossip
3. to spread rumors

The characters in 流言

• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 言yánwords; speech; to say

Example sentences

• 人们不喜欢流言蜚语的唯一时间是当你闲聊他们的事。
  Rénmen bù xǐhuan liúyánfēiyǔ de wéiyī shíjiān shì dāng nǐ xiánliáo tāmen de shì.
  The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
• 人们唯一不喜欢流言蜚语的时间，就是当你讨论他们自己的时候。
  Rénmen wéiyī bù xǐhuan liúyánfēiyǔ de shíjiān, jiùshì dāng nǐ tǎolùn tāmen zìjǐ de shíhou.
  The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

Words starting with 流言

• 流言蜚语liú yán fēi yǔrumors and slanders (idiom); gossip; lies and slanders

Sounds the same

Read liú yán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 留言to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message