听书
tīng shū
Pinyin

Definition

听书
 - 
tīng shū
  1. to listen to stories
  2. to listen to performance of 說書|说书 storytelling

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

好听
hǎo tīng
  1. 1 pleasant to hear
书
Shū
  1. 1 abbr. for 書經|书经[Shū jīng]
书写
shū xiě
  1. 1 to write
看书
kàn shū
  1. 1 to read
  2. 2 to study
听
tīng
  1. 1 to listen
  2. 2 to hear
  3. 3 to obey
  4. 4 a can (loanword from English "tin")
  5. 5 classifier for canned beverages
听到
tīng dào
  1. 1 to hear
听见
tīng jiàn
  1. 1 to hear
读书
dú shū
  1. 1 to read a book
  2. 2 to study
  3. 3 to attend school
倾听
qīng tīng
  1. 1 to listen attentively
副书记
fù shū ji
  1. 1 deputy secretary
动听
dòng tīng
  1. 1 pleasant to listen to
图书
tú shū
  1. 1 books (in a library or bookstore)
  2. 2 CL:本[běn],冊|册[cè],部[bù]
图书馆
tú shū guǎn
  1. 1 library
  2. 2 CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]
天书
tiān shū
  1. 1 imperial edict
  2. 2 heavenly book (superstition)
  3. 3 obscure or illegible writing
  4. 4 double dutch
念书
niàn shū
  1. 1 to read
  2. 2 to study
情书
qíng shū
  1. 1 love letter
打听
dǎ ting
  1. 1 to ask about
  2. 2 to make some inquiries
  3. 3 to ask around
接听
jiē tīng
  1. 1 to answer the phone
收听
shōu tīng
  1. 1 to listen to (a radio broadcast)
教书
jiāo shū
  1. 1 to teach (in a school)

Idioms (20)

不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
  1. 1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
  1. 1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
危言耸听
wēi yán sǒng tīng
  1. 1 frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk
  2. 2 reds under the beds
垂帘听政
chuí lián tīng zhèng
  1. 1 lit. to govern from behind the curtain
  2. 2 to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
妄言妄听
wàng yán wàng tīng
  1. 1 unwarranted talk the listener can take or leave (idiom); sth not to be taken too seriously
娓娓动听
wěi wěi dòng tīng
  1. 1 to speak in a pleasant and captivating manner (idiom)
折节读书
zhé jié dú shū
  1. 1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
掉书袋
diào shū dài
  1. 1 lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to show off one's erudition
  3. 3 a person who does so
书不尽言
shū bù jìn yán
  1. 1 I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
书香门第
shū xiāng mén dì
  1. 1 family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
混淆视听
hùn xiáo shì tīng
  1. 1 to obscure the facts (idiom); to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods
牛角挂书
niú jiǎo guà shū
  1. 1 lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be diligent in one's studies
白面书生
bái miàn shū shēng
  1. 1 lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears
眼见为实，耳听为虚
yǎn jiàn wéi shí , ěr tīng wéi xū
  1. 1 to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.
  2. 2 It ain't necessarily so.
眼观六路耳听八方
yǎn guān liù lù ěr tīng bā fāng
  1. 1 lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions
  2. 2 to be observant and alert (idiom)
眼观四面，耳听八方
yǎn guān sì miàn , ěr tīng bā fāng
  1. 1 lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be observant and alert
知书达理
zhī shū dá lǐ
  1. 1 educated and well-balanced (idiom)
罄竹难书
qìng zhú nán shū
  1. 1 so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
  2. 2 innumerable crimes (idiom)
  3. 3 see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qìng bǐ nán shū]
罄笔难书
qìng bǐ nán shū
  1. 1 too numerous to be cited (of atrocities or misdeeds) (idiom)
  2. 2 see also 罄竹難書|罄竹难书[qìng zhú nán shū]

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