We have pride, envy, rivalship, and a thousand motives to depreciate each other - but the male-slanderer must have the cowardice of a woman before he can traduce one.
speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation
诽谤,中伤,诋毁。
词源
"mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘transport, transmit’): from Latin traducere ‘lead in front of others, expose to ridicule', from trans- ‘over, across' + ducere ‘to lead’."