从谏如流
cóng​jiàn​rú​liú

to readily accept advice

  • created sense approved 从谏如流/從諫如流 · cóng​jiàn​rú​liú · to readily accept advice — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    从谏如流 / 從諫如流

    cóng​jiàn​rú​liú

    to readily accept advice

    to accept advice or correction as naturally as water flows downward; specifically describes a person in a superior position who readily listens to the admonitions of subordinates

    从 (literal) → 从/從 · cóng · to comply with 谏 (literal) → 谏/諫 · jiàn · to admonish 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 流 (literal) → 流 · liú · to flow

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense