jiàn​yán

to advise

  • created reference approved 谏言/諫言 → 诤言/諍言 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    谏言 / 諫言 jiàn​yán

    诤言 / 諍言 zhèng​yán

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 谏言/諫言 · jiàn​yán · to advise — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    谏言 / 諫言

    jiàn​yán

    to advise

    to offer direct advice or honest persuasion, especially to a superior, in order to correct a mistake

    谏 (literal) → 谏/諫 · jiàn · to admonish 言 (literal) → 言 · yán · to say

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  • created sense approved 谏言/諫言 · jiàn​yán · admonition — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    谏言 / 諫言

    jiàn​yán

    admonition

    honest advice or words of persuasion intended to correct a superior's error

    谏 (literal) → 谏/諫 · jiàn · to admonish 言 (literal) → 言 · yán · speech

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

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