backbite
verb [ I or T ] uk/ˈbæk.baɪt/ us/ˈbæk.baɪt/
背后诽谤，背后中伤，背后说坏话
to say unpleasant and unkind things about someone who is not there
I'm not short-tempered, but I do get annoyed if friends backbite me. 我并不是爱发脾气，可要是有朋友在背后说我坏话，我也是会生气的。
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- He has been often blamed for this and people backbit him more than ever after his death.
- Our enemies love to revile and backbite us.
- The public seem surprised that members of such an apparently genteel profession as classical music should stoop so low as to backbite.
- If we all pull together, then we can be a successful force in world rugby again. If we bicker and backbite, then we will divide even further, and fall.