忠言逆耳 zhōngyánnì'ěr the truth hurts Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 忠言逆耳 zhōngyánnì'ěr the truth hurts Honest advice is often hard to hear; loyal advice jars on the ears. Often used with 良药苦口 liángyàokǔkǒu. Frequency Written text 0.126 per million Cross-References See 良药苦口 liángyàokǔkǒuReferenced by 逆耳 nì'ěrSynonym 逆耳之言 nì'ěrzhīyán Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
忠言逆耳 zhōngyánnì'ěr the truth hurts Honest advice is often hard to hear; loyal advice jars on the ears. Often used with 良药苦口 liángyàokǔkǒu. Frequency Written text 0.126 per million Cross-References See 良药苦口 liángyàokǔkǒuReferenced by 逆耳 nì'ěrSynonym 逆耳之言 nì'ěrzhīyán Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
