流言蜚语 — Chinese idiom
流言蜚语
liú yán fēi yǔ
Traditional: 流言蜚語
Meaning
- rumors and slanders ; gossip
- lies and slanders
Character by character
- 流liúto flow, to drift, to circulate; class
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 蜚fēicockroach
- 语yǔwords, language; saying, expression
Idioms sharing a character
- 付之东流 fù zhī dōng liú
- 口碑流传 kǒu bēi liú chuán
- 同流合污 tóng liú hé wū
- 对答如流 duì dá rú liú
- 屁滚尿流 pì gǔn niào liú
- 川流不息 chuān liú bù xī
- 从善如流 cóng shàn rú liú
- 从谏如流 cóng jiàn rú liú
- 投鞭断流 tóu biān duàn liú
- 星流霆击 xīng liú tíng jī
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