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The character 唬 combines the mouth radical ⼝ on the left with the tiger character 虎 on the right, forming a phono-semantic compound. The ⼝ radical denotes an action involving vocalization, while 虎 contributes both its phonetic value and a sense of ferocity. Together, the structure literally depicts a tiger's roar, with the meaning later extending to describe the human act of bluffing or intimidating others through aggressive, threatening speech.
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你别吓唬小孩子。
他喜欢吓唬别人。
你别用鬼故事唬我。
这种话唬不了我。
他试图唬住我们，但我们不怕。
他的威胁只是唬人的把戏。
昨天他唬我说考试很难。
尽管他竭力唬我们，我们却毫不动摇。