This rumour has been bruited about for years.
这个谣言已传播多年了。
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Much bruit, little fruit.
讲空话,不办实事.
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The representative's job is to bruit the company's products abroad.
公司代表的工作就是向国外宣传公司的产品.
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Bad: Bruit that male a homosexual.
坏: 谣传那个男的是同性恋.
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"It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"
