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忠言逆耳
zhōng yán nì ěr
What 忠言逆耳 means
- loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
The characters in 忠言逆耳
- 忠zhōngloyal; devoted; faithful
- 言yánwords; speech; to say
- 逆nìcontrary; opposite; backwards
- 耳ěrear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
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- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhōng yán nì ěr correctly.
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