言听计从 — Chinese idiom
言听计从
yán tīng jì cóng
Traditional: 言聽計從
Meaning
- to see, hear and obey ; to take advice
- to take sb at his word
Character by character
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 听tīngto hear, to listen; to understand; to obey
- 计jìto calculate, to count; to plan, to reckon; plot,
- 从cóngfrom, by, since, whence, through
Idioms sharing a character
- 一言一动 yī yán yī dòng
- 一言一行 yī yán yī xíng
- 一言不合 yī yán bù hé
- 一言不发 yī yán bù fā
- 一言九鼎 yī yán jiǔ dǐng
- 一言千金 yī yán qiān jīn
- 一言为定 yī yán wéi dìng
- 一言为重 yī yán wéi zhòng
- 一言难尽 yī yán nán jìn
- 三言两句 sān yán liǎng jù
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