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危言耸听

wēi yán sǒng tīng

4-character word Traditional 危言聳聽

What 危言耸听 means

1. frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk
2. 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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