洗耳恭听
Traditional form:
洗耳恭聽
Pinyin (reading):
xǐ'ěrgōngtīng
Definitions:
- to listen with respectful attention
- (a polite request to sb to speak)
- we are all ears
Characters:
- 洗 - to bathe, to rinse, to wash
- 耳 - ear; to hear, to hear of; handle
- 恭 - polite, respectful, reverent
- 听 - to hear, to listen; to understand; to obey
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