虚己以听 — Chinese idiom
虚己以听
xū jǐ yǐ tīng
Traditional: 虛己以聽
Meaning
- to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind
Character by character
- 虚xūfalse; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
- 己jǐself, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly ste
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 听tīngto hear, to listen; to understand; to obey
Idioms sharing a character
- 不虚此行 bù xū cǐ xíng
- 乘虚而入 chéng xū ér rù
- 以虚带实 yǐ xū dài shí
- 做贼心虚 zuò zéi xīn xū
- 名不虚传 míng bù xū chuán
- 向壁虚构 xiàng bì xū gòu
- 向壁虚造 xiàng bì xū zào
- 子虚乌有 zǐ xū wū yǒu
- 弄虚作假 nòng xū zuò jiǎ
- 形同虚设 xíng tóng xū shè
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