献可替否
xiàn​kě​tì​fǒu

to counsel someone toward good

  • created sense approved 献可替否/獻可替否 · xiàn​kě​tì​fǒu · to counsel someone toward good — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    献可替否 / 獻可替否

    xiàn​kě​tì​fǒu

    to counsel someone toward good

    (literary) to suggest good ideas and discourage bad ones; originally referring to a minister's duty to advise a ruler on what is feasible and what should be discarded

    献 (literal) → 献/獻 · xiàn · to offer 可 (literal) → 可 · kě · to approve 替 (literal) → 替 · tì · (bound form) to abolish 否 (literal) → 否 · fǒu · to negate

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

    created sense