Dictionary › 洗耳恭听

洗耳恭听

xǐ ěr gōng tīng

4-character word Traditional 洗耳恭聽

What 洗耳恭听 means

1. to listen with respectful attention
2. (a polite request to sb to speak)
3. we are all ears

The characters in 洗耳恭听

• 洗xǐto wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc)
• 耳ěrear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
• 恭gōngrespectful
• 听tīngto listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin")

Example sentences

• 我洗耳恭听。
  Wǒ xǐ'ěrgōngtīng.
  I'm all ears.
• 请洗耳恭听。
  Qǐng xǐ'ěrgōngtīng.
  Please listen to me.