quàn​jiàn

to remonstrate

  • created sense approved 劝谏/勸諫 · quàn​jiàn · to remonstrate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    劝谏 / 勸諫

    quàn​jiàn

    to remonstrate

    To advise or urge a superior or elder to correct their mistakes; historically used for a subordinate advising a monarch.

    劝 (literal) → 劝/勸 · quàn · to urge 谏 (literal) → 谏/諫 · jiàn · to admonish

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

    created sense