讒ざん誣ぶ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

slander; false accusation

Rare literary term for slandering someone by spreading false statements. Modern Japanese more commonly uses 中傷 (ちゅうしょう) or 誹謗 (ひぼう).

• 讒ざん誣ぶによって彼かれの評ひょう判ばんは地ちに落おちた。

  His reputation was ruined by slander.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん学がくには讒ざん誣ぶの場ば面めんがよく出でてくる。

  Scenes of slander often appear in classical literature.