jié
讦
expose; denounce; criticize
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to expose (someone's) secrets; to denounce someone's private faults
literaryUsed in formal or literary contexts, often with a negative connotation of exposing private matters to attack someone. It is a classical Chinese term and less common in modern spoken language.
Tā他
xǐ喜
huān欢
gōng攻
jié讦
tā他
rén人
yǐn隐
sī私
,
yǐ以
xiǎn显
de得
zì自
jǐ己
gāo高
shàng尚
。
He likes to attack and expose others' private matters to make himself seem noble.
Zhè这
piān篇
wén文
zhāng章
chōng充
mǎn满
le了
duì对
zhèng政
dí敌
de的
è恶
dú毒
jié讦
fā发
。
This article is full of malicious exposés of political opponents.
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Jūn君
zǐ子
bù不
jié讦
rén人
zhī之
sī私
。
A noble person does not expose others' private matters.