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Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「流言蜚語」, explained here.

Today, we explore the idiom 「流言蜚語」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

Unfounded words. Refers to the slanderous words spread behind someone’s back.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

liú yán fēi yǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lau4 yin4 fei2 yu5

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