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危言耸听
wēi yán sǒng tīng
What 危言耸听 means
- frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk
- reds under the beds
The characters in 危言耸听
- 危wēidanger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. wéi
- 言yánwords; speech; to say
- 耸sǒngto excite; to raise up; to shrug
- 听tīngto listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin")
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