Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「蜚短流長」, with more below.
Here, we present the idiom 「蜚短流長」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Refers to spreading rumors and slandering others.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fēi duǎn liú zhǎng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fei2 dyun2 lau4 cheung4/jeung2
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