从谏如流

Traditional form:

從諫如流

Pinyin (reading):

cóngjiànrúliú

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 从 - from, by, since, whence, through
• 谏 - to admonish, to remonstrate
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class

Traditional characters:

• 從 - from, by, since, whence, through
• 諫 - to admonish, to remonstrate
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class