骇人听闻
hài​rén​tīng​wén HSK7

shocking

  • created reference approved 骇人听闻/駭人聽聞 → 耸人听闻/聳人聽聞 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    骇人听闻 / 駭人聽聞 hài​rén​tīng​wén

    耸人听闻 / 聳人聽聞 sǒng​rén​tīng​wén

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 骇人听闻/駭人聽聞 · hài​rén​tīng​wén · shocking — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    骇人听闻 / 駭人聽聞

    hài​rén​tīng​wén

    shocking

    appalling; horrifying; atrocious. Describes something (usually a true event) that is extremely shocking when heard. Compare with [[耸人听闻|聳人聽聞|song3 ren2 ting1 wen2]], which usually refers to exaggerated or fabricated stories.

    骇 (literal) → 骇/駭 · hài · to shock; to disturb 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 听 (literal) → 听/聽 · tīng · to listen 闻 (literal) → 闻/聞 · wén · to hear

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

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