危言耸听(wēi yán sǒng tīng): frightening words to scare people (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 危言聳聽
frightening words to scare people (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- wēi yán sǒng tīng
- Meaning
- frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 危言聳聽
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 危言耸听 — tap one to open its word page.
wēi危hài害
HSK 3to harm; to jeopardize; to endanger
wēi危xiǎn险
HSK 3danger
wēi危jī机
HSK 6crisis
chéng乘rén人zhī之wēi危
HSK 7-9to take advantage of sb's precarious position
wēi危jí及
HSK 7-9to endanger
wēi危jí急
HSK 7-9critical
shì事wēi危lèi累luǎn卵
lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
dǎo倒xuán悬zhī之wēi危
lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
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