危言耸听

Traditional form:

危言聳聽

Pinyin (reading):

wēiyánsǒngtīng

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 危 - dangerous, precarious; high
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 耸 - to excite, to urge; to raise; to shrug; lofty, towering
• 听 - to hear, to listen; to understand; to obey

Traditional characters:

• 危 - dangerous, precarious; high
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 聳 - to excite, to urge; to raise; to shrug; lofty, towering
• 聽 - to hear, to listen; to understand; to obey