to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people
trad. 聳人聽聞
Also written 聳人聽聞【sǒng rén tīng wén】
Characters in this word
4耸
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to excite, to raise up, to shrug, high, lofty, towering
- Pinyin
- sǒng
- Traditional
- 聳
- Strokes
- 10
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
听
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smile (archaic)
- Pinyin
- yǐn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 106 of 2500
闻
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surname Wen
- Pinyin
- Wén
- Traditional
- 聞
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4042 of 2500