xū​shēng​dòng​hè

to bluff and intimidate

  • created reference approved 虚声恫吓/虛聲恫嚇 → 虚张声势/虛張聲勢 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    虚声恫吓 / 虛聲恫嚇 xū​shēng​dòng​hè

    虚张声势 / 虛張聲勢 xū​zhāng​shēng​shì

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 虚声恫吓/虛聲恫嚇 · xū​shēng​dòng​hè · to bluff and intimidate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    虚声恫吓 / 虛聲恫嚇

    xū​shēng​dòng​hè

    to bluff and intimidate

    To make an empty show of force in order to frighten others; to threaten with false bravado.

    虚声 (literal) → 虚声/虛聲 · xū​shēng · false display of power 恫吓 (literal) → 恫吓/恫嚇 · dòng​hè · to threaten

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

    created sense