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蜚短流长

fēi duǎn liú cháng

4-character word Traditional 蜚短流長

What 蜚短流长 means

1. to spread malicious gossip
2. also written {飞短流长|fēi duǎn liú cháng}

The characters in 蜚短流长

• 蜚fěiused in 蜚蠊
• 短duǎnshort; brief; to lack
• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte

Sounds the same

Read fēi duǎn liú cháng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 飞短流长variant of 蜚短流长