Keyword
to remonstrate
- to admonish
- Frequency
- #3691
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
jiàn
Mnemonic
讠 (speech) gives the meaning and 柬 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
谏
to remonstrate; to admonish
劝谏
to admonish
谏言
advice; to advise
讽谏
(literary) to remonstrate with one's superior tactfully
规谏
to remonstrate; to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese); to exhort
直谏
to admonish sb frankly; direct criticism
谏书
written admonition from an official to his sovereign (old)
从谏如流
to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)