危言耸听危言聳聽

wēi yán sǒng tīng

Meaning

frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk; reds under the beds

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危wēidangerous, precarious; high厃㔾言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say亠二口耸sǒngto excite, to urge; to raise; to shrug; lofty, towering从耳听tīngto hear, to listen; to understand; to obey口斤