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Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「讒言佞語」 here, with meaning and examples.

We’re presenting the idiom 「讒言佞語」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Slanderous and flattering words.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chán yán nìng yǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chaam4 yin4 ning6 yu5

Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.