危言耸听 wēiyánsǒngtīng alarmist talk Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 危言耸听 危言聳聽 wēiyánsǒngtīng alarmist talk verbadjective to say frightening things on purpose to scare or shock people; to sensationalize; to cry wolf 我当时觉得他有点危言耸听。 wǒ dāngshí juéde tā yǒudiǎn wēiyánsǒngtīng. At the time I thought he was a bit of an alarmist. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.480 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.07 per million Cross-References Synonym 骇人听闻 hàiréntīngwén耸人听闻 sǒngréntīngwénAntonym 直言无忤 zhíyánwúwǔ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
危言耸听 危言聳聽 wēiyánsǒngtīng alarmist talk verbadjective to say frightening things on purpose to scare or shock people; to sensationalize; to cry wolf 我当时觉得他有点危言耸听。 wǒ dāngshí juéde tā yǒudiǎn wēiyánsǒngtīng. At the time I thought he was a bit of an alarmist. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.480 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.07 per million Cross-References Synonym 骇人听闻 hàiréntīngwén耸人听闻 sǒngréntīngwénAntonym 直言无忤 zhíyánwúwǔ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)