谏
Ancient forms
2 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
jiàn jian4
- to remonstrate
- to admonish
- surname Jian
Words with 谏
- 谏书 jiànshū written admonition from an official to his sovereign (old)
- 谏言 jiànyán advice
- 直谏 zhíjiàn to admonish sb frankly
- 苦谏 kǔjiàn to admonish strenuously
- 谏征 jiànzhēng to send or go on a punitive expedition
- 几谏 jījiàn to admonish tactfully
- 规谏 guījiàn to remonstrate
- 劝谏 quànjiàn to admonish
- 泣谏 qìjiàn to counsel a superior in tears indicating absolute sincerity
- 讽谏 fěngjiàn (literary) to remonstrate with one's superior tactfully
- 诤谏 zhèngjiàn to criticize frankly
- 从谏如流 cóngjiànrúliú to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)