寒蝉效应 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 寒蟬效應 hánchánxiàoyìng ㄏㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄥˋ the chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind Character by character 寒(hán)cold 蝉(chán)cicada 效(xiào)imitate 应(yìng)answer A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0