忠言逆耳 — Chinese idiom
忠言逆耳
zhōng yán nì ěr
Meaning
- loyal advice jars on the ears
Character by character
- 忠zhōngloyalty, devotion, fidelity
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 逆nìto disobey, to rebel; traitor, rebel
- 耳ěrear; to hear, to hear of; handle
Idioms sharing a character
- 大奸似忠 dà jiān sì zhōng
- 忠君爱国 zhōng jūn ài guó
- 忠心耿耿 zhōng xīn gěng gěng
- 忠肝义胆 zhōng gān yì dǎn
- 忠贞不渝 zhōng zhēn bù yú
- 赤胆忠心 chì dǎn zhōng xīn
- 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
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