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危言聳聽 (ngai4 jin4 sung2 ting3) — to try to scare sb. through fear-producing words in Cantonese

ngaiˎ₄危jinˎ₄言sungˊ²聳ting˗₃聽
简 危言耸听
Mandarin Pinyin: wei1, yan2 song3 ting1

Meaning of 危言聳聽

nounto try to scare sb. through fear-producing words
noun(noun) Scaremongering

Characters in 危言聳聽

危ngai4
endanger; imperil; jeopardize
言jin4
Kangxi radical 149
聳sung2
shrug/raise (one's shoulders, etc)
聽ting1 teng1
listen to; hear

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