to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.); to be happy when one's errors are pointed out
trad. 聞過則喜
Also written 聞過則喜【wén guò zé xǐ】
Characters in this word
4闻
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surname Wen
- Pinyin
- Wén
- Traditional
- 聞
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4042 of 2500
过
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surname Guo
- Pinyin
- Guō
- Traditional
- 過
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 73 of 2500
则
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(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then, (bound form) standard; norm, (bound form) principle, (literary) to imitate; to follow, classifier for written items
- Pinyin
- zé
- Traditional
- 則
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2398 of 2500
喜
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to be fond of, to like, to enjoy, to be happy, to feel pleased, happiness, delight, glad
- Pinyin
- xǐ
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 6310 of 2500