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流言蜚语

liú yán fēi yǔ

4-character word Traditional 流言蜚語

What 流言蜚语 means

1. rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip
2. lies and slanders

The characters in 流言蜚语

• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 言yánwords; speech; to say
• 蜚fěiused in 蜚蠊
• 语yǔdialect; language; speech

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.