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危辭聳聽
简 危辞耸听 · 繁 危辭聳聽Mandarin · pinyin wēi cí sǒng tīng
Meanings
- to startle sb with scary tale
Characters in this entry
- 危
- wēi · dangerous, precarious; high; 12th lunar mansion, determinative star α Aquarii (Sadalmelik)
- 辭
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- 聳
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- 聽
- tīng · hear, listen; understand; obey
- 辞
- cí · words, speech, expression, phrase
- 耸
- sǒng · urge on; rise up; stir, excite
- 听
- tīng · hear; understand; obey, comply
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Mandarin tones
1–2–3–1 · wei1 ci2 song3 ting1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ngai4 ci4 sung2 ting1
Cantonese word readings for 危辭聳聽. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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ngai4 ci4 sung2 ting1
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