Quick (Sucheng) code
卜火（YF）
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Pronunciation & meaning
- Pronunciation
Mandarinㄐㄧㄢˋ jiàn
Cantonesegaan3
- Meaning
- remonstrate, admonish
- Kangxi Radical
- 言 · 16 strokes
Common words
- 勸諫quàn jiànto admonish
- 從諫如流cóng jiàn rú liúto follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)
- 諷諫fěng jiàn(literary) to remonstrate with one's superior tactfully
- 規諫guī jiànto remonstrate; to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese)
- 諫言jiàn yánadvice; to advise
- 直諫zhí jiànto admonish sb frankly; direct criticism
- 諫書jiàn shūwritten admonition from an official to his sovereign (old)
- 諍諫zhèng jiànto criticize frankly; to admonish
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