揚言

扬言
yángyán
  1. to put about (a story, plan, threat etc)
  2. to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story)
  3. to threaten

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to make something widely known; to spread the word
  2. to make something widely known; to spread the word
  3. to spread the word (that one would do something harmful); to threaten to (retaliate, kill, etc.)

Wiktionary

  1. 故意宣揚，散布某種言論。
  2. 誇大其辭。
  3. 大聲說話。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 揚 yáng
  1. to raise
  2. to hoist
  3. the action of tossing or winnowing
  4. scattering (in the wind)
  5. to flutter
  6. to propagate
2 言 yán
  1. words
  2. speech
  3. to say
  4. to talk

Related entries

威嚇 wēihè
  1. to threaten
  2. to intimidate
  3. to cow
威逼 wēibī
  1. to threaten
  2. to coerce
  3. to intimidate
恐嚇 kǒnghè
  1. to threaten
  2. to menace
市長一家人一整天不斷遭到了恐嚇電話的騷擾。

The mayor's family was harassed with threatening phone calls all day.

Source: Tatoeba

要挾 yāoxié
  1. to threaten
  2. to blackmail
恫嚇 dònghè
  1. to intimidate
  2. to threaten
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