聽聞

to listen / to hear what sb says / news one has heard

(literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow

to listen to; to hear / to heed; to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])

surname Wen

to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at

shocking / horrifying / atrocious / terrible

to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people