耳提面命 — Chinese idiom
耳提面命
ěr tí miàn mìng
Meaning
- to give sincere advice
- to exhort earnestly
Character by character
- 耳ěrear; to hear, to hear of; handle
- 提títo hold in the hand; to lift, to raise
- 面miànface; surface, side; plane, dimension
- 命mìnglife; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
Idioms sharing a character
- 不堪入耳 bù kān rù ěr
- 俯首帖耳 fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
- 充耳不闻 chōng ěr bù wén
- 如雷贯耳 rú léi guàn ěr
- 忠言逆耳 zhōng yán nì ěr
- 抓耳挠腮 zhuā ěr náo sāi
- 掩人耳目 yǎn rén ěr mù
- 掩耳盗铃 yǎn ěr dào líng
- 眼瞎耳聋 yǎn xiā ěr lóng
- 秋风过耳 qiū fēng guò ěr
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