危言耸听
wēiyán-sǒngtīngTraditional 危言聳聽
alarmist talk; scaremongering
Every meaning
wēiyán-sǒngtīng
- alarmist talk; scaremongering
Its characters
- 危wēidanger; dangerous (as in 危险)
- 言yánwords; speech
- 耸sǒngto tower; to rise high
- 听tīngto listen; to hear
Words with 危
Words with 言
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.