耸人听闻
耸人听闻
sǒng rén tīng wén
to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people
verbidiom
Traditional: 聳人聽聞
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- (verb, idiom) to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people
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Related Words
一夕数惊(yī xī shù jīng)— one scare after another (idiom)
→一拥而入(yī yōng ér rù)— to swarm in (of people etc) (idiom)
→危言耸听(wēi yán sǒng tīng)— frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk
→一不做,二不休(yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū)— don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
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