诽谤案 (fěi bàng àn) — defamation case; libel case

Definition

noun

defamation caselibel case

Measure word · 个

Examples

诽谤案。
Tā yīn wèi fěi bàng àn bèi qǐ sù le.
He was sued for a defamation case.
诽谤案。
Zhè ge fěi bàng àn zài fǎ yuàn shěn lǐ le sān gè yuè.
This defamation case was tried in court for three months.
诽谤案。
fěi bàng àn De jié guǒ yǐng xiǎng le tā de shēng yù.
The outcome of the defamation case affected her reputation.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

诽谤defamation

诽fěislander谤bàngdefame

联合Side by side

案àncase

诽谤, from 诽 and 谤, means defaming, and 案 means a case, giving a defamation case.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 誹; 诽 is its simplified writing.

言非誹

Meaning part形符xíngfú

言言yán

Sound part声符shēngfú

非

非fēi誹fěi

Same sound today

The traditional form 誹 is made of 言, which is about speech, and 非, which gives the sound; the simplified 诽 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical pieces.

Open 诽 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 謗; 谤 is its simplified writing.

言旁謗

Meaning part形符xíngfú

言言yánspeech; words

Sound part声符shēngfú

旁

旁páng謗bàng

Same sound today

The traditional form 謗 pairs 言 (speech) with 旁 to give the sound; the simplified 谤 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.