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流言蜚语 meaning in English

liúyánfēiyǔ

rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip; lies and slanders

Traditional 流言蜚語40 strokes

Meaning of 流言蜚语

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

流言蜚语 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

人rén们men不bù喜xǐ欢huān流liú言yán蜚fēi语yǔ的de唯wéi一yī时shí间jiān是shì当dāng你nǐ闲xián聊liáo他tā们men的de事shì。
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

流 liú · to flow · 10 strokes

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言 yán · words · 7 strokes

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蜚 fēi · cockroach · 14 strokes

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语 yǔ · words · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 流言蜚语.

外语wàiyǔforeign language
汉语HànyǔChinese language
英语YīngyǔEnglish (language)
语言yǔyánlanguage
流行liúxíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc)
词语cíyǔword (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases); term (e.g. technical
流利liúlìfluent
交流jiāoliúto exchange; exchange
发言fāyánto make a speech; statement
语音yǔyīnspeech sounds; pronunciation
流传liúchuánto spread; to circulate; to hand down
潮流cháoliútide; current

Questions about 流言蜚语

What does 流言蜚语 mean?

流言蜚语 (liúyánfēiyǔ) means "rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip; lies and slanders".

How do you write 流言蜚语?

流言蜚语 is made of 4 characters: 流 (10 strokes), 言 (7 strokes), 蜚 (14 strokes), 语 (9 strokes). That is 40 strokes in total.

How is 流言蜚语 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 流言蜚语 is written 流言蜚語.