the chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind
trad. 寒蟬效應
Also written 寒蟬效應【hán chán xiào yìng】
Characters in this word
4寒
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
cold, poor, to tremble
- Pinyin
- hán
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 37456 of 2500
蝉
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cicada
- Pinyin
- chán
- Traditional
- 蟬
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 46284 of 2500
效
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variant of 傚|效[xiao4]
- Pinyin
- xiào
- Traditional
- 俲
- Strokes
- 10
应
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
surname Ying, Taiwan pr. [Ying4]
- Pinyin
- Yīng
- Traditional
- 應
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3907 of 2500