zào yáo
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  • v.start a rumour; make up/fabricate stories

    • zhè shì è yì zào yáo wán quán méi yǒu shì shí gēn jù

      恶意造谣完全没有事实根据

      It was malicious gossip, completely without substance.

    • shì shí shì duì zào yáo zhě zuì yǒu lì de huí dá

      事实造谣有力回答

      Facts are the most powerful rebuff to rumourmongers.

    • tā shēng chēng nà xiē wén zhāng zào yáo fěi bàng

      声称那些文章造谣诽谤

      He claimed the articles were libellous.

    • zào yáo pò huài

      造谣破坏

      start rumours and destroy

    • fā dòng zào yáo gōng shì

      发动造谣攻势

      start a rumourmongering campaign

    • zào yáo wū miè

      造谣污蔑

      spread rumours and defame someone

    • duì hòu xuǎn rén de zào yáo zhòng shāng

      候选人造谣中伤

      campaign smears against the candidate

Word usage

  • "造" and "谣" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • 不要背后别人

      Don't start a rumor about others behind their backs.

    • 为了达到目的

      She started a rumor to achieve the goal.

    • 她们

      They started a rumor two years ago.