谗臣 (讒臣) chánchén
          
              chánchén 
              
              noun 
              a slanderous official 
              Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
              
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                Notes: For example, in the 漢書 “Book of Han”, volume 95 by 班固 Ban Gu 32-92 CE (reworded from tr. Wylie 1880, p. 69; Guoyu '讒臣')