谏 - jiàn - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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16 strokes
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諫 (谏)

jiàn

Definition

to remonstrate
to admonish

Character Decomposition

Related words (12)

諫征

jiàn zhēng

to send or go on a punitive expedition

see 諍諫

advice; to advise

see 諍諫

to admonish (a senior person); a euphemism politely criticizing an older person

to admonish

to counsel a superior in tears indicating absolute sincerity

直諫

zhí jiàn

to admonish sb frankly; direct criticism

苦諫

kǔ jiàn

to admonish strenuously

規諫

guī jiàn

to remonstrate; to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese); to exhort

諷諫

fěng jiàn

(literary) to remonstrate with one's superior tactfully

諍諫

zhèng jiàn

to criticize frankly; to admonish

Idioms (1)

從諫如流

cóng jiàn rú liú

to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)

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