危辞耸听
wēi​cí​sǒng​tīng

to startle with scary stories

  • created sense approved 危辞耸听/危辭聳聽 · wēi​cí​sǒng​tīng · to startle with scary stories — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    危辞耸听 / 危辭聳聽

    wēi​cí​sǒng​tīng

    to startle with scary stories

    to alarm or startle someone with scary or exaggerated talk

    危 (literal) → 危 · wēi · dangerous 辞 (literal) → 辞/辭 · cí · word 耸听 (literal) → 耸听/聳聽 · sǒng​tīng · to shock an audience

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

    created sense