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Change log entry 97592
Processed by: richwarm (2026-09-08 20:28:40 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 89356 - submitted by 'kbaiko' >>
Though dictionaries say it's a variant of 飞, we may want to write out explicit
senses, as I doubt anyone would write 蜚机 for 飞机, for example.

It's mainly used in
蜚聲 蜚声 [fei1 sheng1] /to make a name/to become famous/
蜚語 蜚语 [fei1 yu3] /groundless rumor/unfounded gossip/
蜚短流長 蜚短流长 [fei1 duan3 liu2 chang2] /to spread malicious gossip/also written 飛短流長|飞短流长[fei1 duan3 liu2 chang2]/

My corpus:
流言蜚语 555 hits
蜚声 29 hits
(excluding typos and the fei3 sense)

Perhaps
/(literary) groundless; unfounded (variant of 飛|飞[fei1])/used in 蜚聲|蜚声[fei1sheng1]/

Or maybe the "literary" label is enough
Diff:
# + 蜚 蜚 [[fei1]] /(literary) variant of 飛|飞[fei1]/
 
+ 蜚 蜚 [[fei1]] /(literary) to fly; (esp. of reputation, rumors etc) (fig.) to spread/
By MDBG 2026
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