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› 寒蟬效應
寒蟬效應
hon4
sim4
haau6
jing3
Mandarin: han2 chan2 xiao4 ying4
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寒
hon4
T4
蟬
sim4
T4
效
haau6
T6
應
jing3
T3
Definitions
1
the winter cicada effect (i.e., keep quiet out of fear or intimidation) This is sometimes used as a judicial term equivalent to "Chilling Effect" in English.
noun
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