Usage of the character 谏
jiàn
谏
[諫]
- to remonstrate
- to admonish
Jiàn
谏
[諫]
- surname Jian
guījiàn
规谏
[規諫]
- to remonstrate
- to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese)
- to exhort
quànjiàn
劝谏
[勸諫]
- to admonish
jiànshū
谏书
[諫書]
- written admonition from an official to his sovereign (old)
fěngjiàn
讽谏
[諷諫]
- (literary) to remonstrate with one's superior tactfully
jiànzhēng
谏征
[諫征]
- to send or go on a punitive expedition
jiànzhèng
谏正
[諫正]
- see 諍諫／诤谏 (zhèngjiàn)
jiànyán
谏言
[諫言]
- advice
- to advise
qìjiàn
泣谏
[泣諫]
- to counsel a superior in tears indicating absolute sincerity
jījiàn
几谏
[幾諫]
- to admonish tactfully
kǔjiàn
苦谏
[苦諫]
- to admonish strenuously
zhíjiàn
直谏
[直諫]
- to admonish sb frankly
- direct criticism
zhèngjiàn
诤谏
[諍諫]
- to criticize frankly
- to admonish
jiànzhèng
谏诤
[諫諍]
- see 諍諫／诤谏 (zhèngjiàn)
cóngjiànrúliú
从谏如流
[從諫如流]
- to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)