wēi yán sǒng tīng

Traditional: 危言聳聽

危言耸听 (wēi yán sǒng tīng) is a Chinese word meaning “frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk; reds under the beds”.

Meanings

  1. 1frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk
  2. 2reds under the beds

Characters in 危言耸听

危wēi · danger言yán · words耸sǒng · to excite听yǐn · smile (archaic)

Related words

听smile (archaic)听to listen to; to hear听说to hear (sth said)听到to hear危险danger听见to hear留言to leave a message; to leave one's comments而言(typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...谎言lie语言language言words危机crisis

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