危言耸听 — Chinese idiom
危言耸听
wēi yán sǒng tīng
Traditional: 危言聳聽
Meaning
- frightening words to scare people ; alarmist talk
- reds under the beds
Character by character
- 危wēidangerous, precarious; high
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 耸sǒngto excite, to urge; to raise; to shrug; lofty, tow
- 听tīngto hear, to listen; to understand; to obey
Idioms sharing a character
- 事危累卵 shì wēi lěi luǎn
- 倒悬之危 dào xuán zhī wēi
- 力尽神危 lì jìn shén wēi
- 危在旦夕 wēi zài dàn xī
- 危如朝露 wēi rú zhāo lù
- 危如累卵 wēi rú lěi luǎn
- 危机四伏 wēi jī sì fú
- 危若朝露 wēi ruò zhāo lù
- 危言危行 wēi yán wēi xíng
- 居安思危 jū ān sī wēi
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