hán chán xiào yìng

Traditional: 寒蟬效應

寒蝉效应 (hán chán xiào yìng) is a Chinese word meaning “the chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind”.

Meanings

  1. 1the chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind

Characters in 寒蝉效应

寒hán · cold蝉chán · cicada效xiào · to imitate (variant of 效[xiao4])应yīng · to agree (to do sth)

Related words

应该ought to; should; must答应to answer; to respond反应to react应to agree (to do sth)应to answer应surname Ying效果result有效effective适应to adapt应付to deal with; to cope应得to deserve效劳to serve (in some capacity)

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