to listen with respectful attention; (a polite request to sb to speak); we are all ears
trad. 洗耳恭聽
Also written 洗耳恭聽【xǐ ěr gōng tīng】
Characters in this word
4洗
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to wash; to bathe, to develop (photographs), to shuffle (cards etc), to erase (a recording)
- Pinyin
- xǐ
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1841 of 2500
耳
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ear, handle (archaeology), and that is all (Classical Chinese)
- Pinyin
- ěr
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 12650 of 2500
恭
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respectful
- Pinyin
- gōng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 38179 of 2500
听
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smile (archaic)
- Pinyin
- yǐn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 106 of 2500