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传言

chuán yán · chuan yan

Traditional 傳言

Meaning

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  1. rumor
  2. hearsay

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)的(de)结(jié)论(lùn)就(jiù)是(shì)，那(nà)个(ge)传(chuán)言(yán)是(shì)真(zhēn)的(de)。

We've come to the conclusion that this is a true story.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by Swift · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

学(xué)生(sheng)中(zhōng)流(liú)传(chuán)着(zhe)一(yí)个(gè)传(chuán)言(yán)，说(shuō)这(zhè)位(wèi)老(lǎo)师(shī)会(huì)让(ràng)所(suǒ)有(yǒu)学(xué)生(sheng)考(kǎo)试(shì)不(bù)及(jí)格(gé)。

Among the students there's a rumor that this teacher fails everyone on their exams.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by frpzzd · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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