Read Edit View history Discussion 苦口婆心 kǔkǒupóxīn to persuade patiently Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 苦口婆心 kǔkǒupóxīn to persuade patiently (idiom) to urge someone with earnest and well-meaning advice; to remonstrate with good intentions like a kind-hearted mother Frequency Movie subtitles 0.120 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.959 per million Cross-References Synonym 语重心长 yǔzhòngxīncháng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
苦口婆心 kǔkǒupóxīn to persuade patiently (idiom) to urge someone with earnest and well-meaning advice; to remonstrate with good intentions like a kind-hearted mother Frequency Movie subtitles 0.120 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.959 per million Cross-References Synonym 语重心长 yǔzhòngxīncháng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)