耸人听闻聳人聽聞

sǒng rén tīng wén

Meaning

to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people

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耸sǒngto excite, to urge; to raise; to shrug; lofty, towering从耳人rénman, person; people 听tīngto hear, to listen; to understand; to obey口斤闻wénnews; to hear, to smell; to make known门耳