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Chinese symbol for “vilify”

诋毁
dǐ huǐ
Traditional: 詆毀
to vilify; to slander; vilification

The closest CC-CEDICT match for vilify is 诋毁 (dǐ huǐ), defined as: to vilify; to slander; vilification.

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Characters and stroke order

诋 dǐ
to slander; to condem, to reproach
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes
毁 huǐ
to damage, to ruin; to defame, to slander
radical 79 ⽎ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “vilify”

WordPinyinMeaning
黑hēiblack; dark
诬蔑 (誣衊)wū mièto slander; to smear
丑化 (醜化)chǒu huàto defame; to libel
扣屎盔子kòu shǐ kuī zi(northern dialect) lit. to cap in excrement; fig. to discredit with absurd unfounded accusations
惎jìinjure; vilify

Related words

Other words that share a character with 诋毁.

WordPinyinMeaning
丑诋 (醜詆)chǒu dǐto slander
摧毁 (摧毀)cuī huǐto destroy; to wreck
毁灭 (毀滅)huǐ mièto perish; to ruin
烧毁 (燒燬)shāo huǐto destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
销毁 (銷毀)xiāo huǐto destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate
坠毁 (墜毀)zhuì huǐ(of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash
毁坏 (毀壞)huǐ huàito damage; to devastate

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