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揚言

简扬言 · 繁揚言

Mandarin · pinyin yáng yán

to put about (a story, plan, threat etc)
to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story)
to threaten

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揚: Look up this written character
言: yán · words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149
扬: yáng · scatter, spread; praise

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2–2 · yang2 yan2

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joeng4 jin4

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verb

to spread the word (that one would do something harmful); to threaten to (retaliate, kill, etc.)
(literary) to make something widely known; to spread the word

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