"Rumors" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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坊间传言 fāng jiān chuán yán rumors / the word on the street
流言 liú yán rumor / gossip / to spread rumors
多嘴 duō zuǐ talkative / to speak out of turn / to blab / to shoot one's mouth off / rumors fly
流言蜚语 liú yán fēi yǔ rumors and slanders (idiom) / gossip / lies and slanders
放毒 fàng dú to poison / (fig.) to spread vicious rumors
妖言惑众 yāo yán huò zhòng to mislead the public with rumors (idiom) / to delude the people with lies
播 bō (bound form) to sow (seeds) / to spread (ideas, rumors etc) / to broadcast (radio signals etc) / Taiwan pr. [bo4]
众口铄金 zhòng kǒu shuò jīn lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom) / fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth / mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong
传三过四 chuán sān guò sì to spread rumors / to gossip
传谣 chuán yáo to spread rumors
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiē mò qīng xìn Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly (common expression) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
放话 fàng huà to give orders / to spread news or rumors / to leak certain information intentionally
谣言惑众 yáo yán huò zhòng to mislead the public with rumors / to delude the people with lies
听风就是雨 tīng fēng jiù shì yǔ lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom) / to believe rumors / to be credulous
小广播 xiǎo guǎng bō grapevine / gossip / to spread rumors
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
网传 wǎng chuán (of video clips, rumors etc) to circulate on the Internet
内传 nèi zhuàn biography recounting apocryphal anecdotes and rumors / (old) book of exegesis of a classic
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