xǐ'ěr​dì​tīng

to listen attentively

  • created reference approved 洗耳谛听/洗耳諦聽 → 洗耳恭听/洗耳恭聽 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    洗耳谛听 / 洗耳諦聽 xǐ'ěr​dì​tīng

    洗耳恭听 / 洗耳恭聽 xǐ'ěr​gōng​tīng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 洗耳谛听/洗耳諦聽 · xǐ'ěr​dì​tīng · to listen attentively — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    洗耳谛听 / 洗耳諦聽

    xǐ'ěr​dì​tīng

    to listen attentively

    to listen with respectful and undivided attention; to be all ears

    洗 (literal) → 洗 · xǐ · to wash 耳 (literal) → 耳 · ěr · ear 谛 (literal) → 谛/諦 · dì · carefully 听 (literal) → 听/聽 · tīng · to listen

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

    created sense