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流言蜚语

liúyánfēiyǔ

rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip

02

lies and slanders

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 流言蜚语 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 流言蜚语 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

人们不喜欢流言蜚语的唯一时间是当你閒聊他们的事。rén men bù xǐ huān liú yán fēi yǔ de wéi yī shí jiān shì dāng nǐ xián liáo tā men 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。rén men wéi yī bù xǐ huān liú yán fēi yǔ de shí jiān， jiù shì dāng nǐ tǎo lùn tā men zì jǐ de shí hòu。

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

俗话说：「不应被流言蜚语所惑」，但你不觉得「知易行难」吗？sú huà shuō：「bù yīng bèi liú yán fēi yǔ suǒ huò」， dàn nǐ bù jué dé 「zhī yì xíng nán」 ma？

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 流言蜚语.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 流言蜚语.

Directly before

  • 喜欢流言蜚语2
  • 被流言蜚语1

Directly after

  • 流言蜚语的2
  • 流言蜚语所惑1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 流言蜚语

What does 流言蜚语 mean in Chinese?

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

How do you pronounce 流言蜚语?

流言蜚语 is pronounced liúyánfēiyǔ.

Is 流言蜚语 an HSK word?

流言蜚语 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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