Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 異議.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dị nghị

  1. mean-spirited gossip, negative talk about someone's personal matters

Verb

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dị nghị

  1. to engage in mean-spirited gossip, to talk negatively about someone's personal matters
    • 2016, chapter 3, in Nguyễn Đức Vịnh, transl., Đừng nói chuyện với cô ấy, part I, NXB Phụ Nữ, translation of 别和她说话 by Yù Jǐn (Ngộ Cẩn):
      Tuy bị dị nghị khá nhiều, nhưng tình cảm của hai người khi đó vẫn rất ngọt ngào, bất cứ khi nào cũng đều thành cặp thành đôi.
      Even though they were often the subject of bad talk, their feelings at the time were still very tender and they were always together.