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to criticize, to bad-mouth; defect; betrayal

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speech

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
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