逆耳 nì'ěr
nì'ěr
verb
to be unpleasant to hear
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, in literary Chinese, 忠言逆耳 'honest advice, [although] unpleasant to the ear[, induces good conduct]', from Han Feizi's Wai Chu Shuo Zuo Shang (DCP 'Z137'; NCCED '逆耳')
Contained in
- 逆耳之言 speech that grates on the ear; bitter truths; home truths (that one does not want to hear)
- 忠言逆耳 honest advice, although unpleasant to the ear, induces good conduct
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Collocations
- 颜逆耳 (顏逆耳) 犯顏逆耳 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷七十八 列傳第二十八: 于志寧 高季輔 張行成 Volume 78 Biographies 28: Yu Zhining, Gao Jifu, Zhang Xingcheng — count: 4
- 心逆耳 (心逆耳) 自知忤心逆耳 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十五 谷永杜鄴傳 Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye — count: 2