寒蝉效应

hán chán xiào yìng

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1. the chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind

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Child Words of 寒蝉效应

• 应 应 yīng: to agree (to do sth)
• 应 应 yìng: to answer
• 效应 效应 xiào yìng: effect (scientific phenomenon)
• 寒 寒 hán: poor
• 寒蝉 寒蝉 hán chán: Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia
• 效 效 xiào: effect
• 蝉 蝉 chán: cicada