frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk; reds under the beds
trad. 危言聳聽
Also written 危言聳聽【wēi yán sǒng tīng】
Characters in this word
4危
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surname Wei
- Pinyin
- Wēi
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 23722 of 2500
言
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words, speech, to say, to talk
- Pinyin
- yán
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 6821 of 2500
耸
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to excite, to raise up, to shrug, high, lofty, towering
- Pinyin
- sǒng
- Traditional
- 聳
- Strokes
- 10
听
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smile (archaic)
- Pinyin
- yǐn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 106 of 2500