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惡言傷人

简恶言伤人 · 繁惡言傷人

Mandarin · pinyin è yán shāng rén

to insult
to direct bad language at sb
to slag off

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惡: Look up this written character
言: yán · words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149
傷: shāng · wound, injury; fall ill from
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
恶: è · evil, wicked, bad, foul
伤: shāng · wound, injury; fall ill from

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4–2–1–2 · e4 yan2 shang1 ren2

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ok3 jin4 soeng1 jan4

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