sǒng rén tīng wén

Traditional: 聳人聽聞

耸人听闻 (sǒng rén tīng wén) is a Chinese word meaning “to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people”.

Meanings

  1. 1to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people

Characters in 耸人听闻

耸sǒng · to excite人rén · person; people听yǐn · smile (archaic)闻wén · to hear

Related words

人person; people听smile (archaic)听to listen to; to hear女人woman女人wife别人other people; others; other person男人a man有人someone听说to hear (sth said)人们people听到to hear夫人lady

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