进谗害贤 — “To make slanderous remarks to harm virtuous people”
进谗害贤 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to make slanderous remarks to harm virtuous people”. To malign and frame the upright. Literally, “offer slander to harm the virtuous”.
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进谗害贤 Pronunciation and Pinyin
进谗害贤 Character Breakdown
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小张因为嫉妒同事的优秀表现，竟然背地里进谗害贤，最终被大家识破。
Driven by jealousy of his colleague's excellent performance, Xiao Zhang secretly spread malicious rumors to harm the upright, but his deceit was eventually exposed by everyone.
Idioms Related to 进谗害贤
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- jìn进rén人ruò若jiāng将jiā加zhū诸xī膝，，tuì退rén人ruò若jiāng将zhuì坠zhū诸yuān渊Elevate favorites, cast down dislikes
- jìn进fǔ俯tuì退fǔ俯inconsistent movement or posture
- jìn进lì利chú除hài害promote good, eliminate harm
- jìn进kě可yǐ以gōng攻，，jù据kě可yǐ以shǒu守strategic flexibility in offense and defense
- jìn进kě可yǐ以gōng攻，，tuì退kě可yǐ以shǒu守flexible in offense and defense
- jìn进kě可tì替bù不offer good strategies to eliminate flawed practices
- jìn进kě可tì替fǒu否Advance good to replace bad
- jìn进shàn善chéng惩jiān奸promote good, punish evil
- jìn进shàn善chéng惩è恶promote good and punish evil
- jìn进shàn善tuì退è恶promote good, dismiss evil
- jìn进shàn善chù黜è恶promote good, dismiss evil
- jìn进rǎng壤guǎng广dì地expand territory
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What does 进谗害贤 mean?
进谗害贤 (jìn chán hài xián) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to make slanderous remarks to harm virtuous people”.
How do you pronounce 进谗害贤?
进谗害贤 is pronounced jìn chán hài xián in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 进谗害贤 literally mean?
Literally, 进谗害贤 means “offer slander to harm the virtuous”. It is used to mean “to make slanderous remarks to harm virtuous people”.
What is the Chinese definition of 进谗害贤?
谗：谗言，说他人的坏话；贤：贤良，指好人。说坏话，陷害好人。