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言者无意，听者有心

yán zhě wú yì , tīng zhě yǒu xīn

9-character word Traditional 言者無意，聽者有心

What 言者无意，听者有心 means

1. to take a casual remark to heart (idiom)

The characters in 言者无意，听者有心

• 言yánwords; speech; to say
• 者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 听tīngto listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin")
• 者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention