qiè​jiàn

to remonstrate

  • created sense approved 切谏/切諫 · qiè​jiàn · to remonstrate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    切谏 / 切諫

    qiè​jiàn

    to remonstrate

    (literary) to remonstrate in frank and earnest terms; to give blunt advice to a superior

    切 (literal) → 切 · qiè · eager 谏 (literal) → 谏/諫 · jiàn · to admonish

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

    created sense