寒蝉效应

hán chán xiào yìng

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 寒蝉效应

应
yīng

to agree (to do sth)

应
yìng

to answer

效应
xiào yìng

effect (scientific phenomenon)

寒
hán

poor

寒蝉
hán chán

Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia

效
xiào

effect

蝉
chán

cicada