wēi​yán​sǒng​tīng

alarmist talk

  • created reference approved 危言耸听/危言聳聽 → 骇人听闻/駭人聽聞 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    危言耸听 / 危言聳聽 wēi​yán​sǒng​tīng

    骇人听闻 / 駭人聽聞 hài​rén​tīng​wén

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  • created reference approved 危言耸听/危言聳聽 → 耸人听闻/聳人聽聞 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    危言耸听 / 危言聳聽 wēi​yán​sǒng​tīng

    耸人听闻 / 聳人聽聞 sǒng​rén​tīng​wén

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    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created reference approved 危言耸听/危言聳聽 → 直言无忤/直言無忤 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    危言耸听 / 危言聳聽 wēi​yán​sǒng​tīng

    直言无忤 / 直言無忤 zhí​yán​wú​wǔ

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  • created sense approved 危言耸听/危言聳聽 · wēi​yán​sǒng​tīng · alarmist talk — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    危言耸听 / 危言聳聽

    wēi​yán​sǒng​tīng

    alarmist talk

    to say frightening things on purpose to scare or shock people; to sensationalize; to cry wolf

    wéi​yán​sǒng​tīng

    危 (literal) → 危 · wēi · dangerous 言 (literal) → 言 · yán · speech 耸 (literal) → 耸/聳 · sǒng · to alarm 听 (literal) → 听/聽 · tīng · to listen

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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