jié

讦

Character · VerbTraditional訐

expose; denounce; criticize

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to expose (someone's) secrets; to denounce someone's private faults

literary

Used 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.