洗耳恭听 (洗耳恭聽) xǐ ěr gōng tīng
xǐ ěr gōng tīng
set phrase
to listen with respectful attention
Domain: Idiom 成语
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Notes: a polite request to sombody to speak
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Mother, Everybody's Grandmother 母親,大家的老奶奶 A Life With Palms Joined 1 - In Nanjing, I was my Mother's Audience 《合掌人生1-在南京,我是母親的聽眾》 — count: 1
- Hsing Yun Diary 35 - The Art of Speaking: Facing Life and Death 星雲日記35~說話的藝術 面對生死(1995/5/16~1995/5/31) Hsing Yun Diary (1994/9-1996/12) 《星雲日記(1994/9~1996/12)》 — count: 1
- My Mother - Words about my Great-grandmother from a Group of Disciples 我的母親──徒眾們口中的老奶奶 Buddhist Affinities over a Century 1 - Life 1 《百年佛緣1-生活篇1》 — count: 1
Collocations
- 在旁洗耳恭听 (在旁洗耳恭聽) 我在旁洗耳恭聽 — A Life With Palms Joined 1 - In Nanjing, I was my Mother's Audience 《合掌人生1-在南京,我是母親的聽眾》, Mother, Everybody's Grandmother 母親,大家的老奶奶 — count: 2