耳提面命
ěr tí miàn mìng
Pinyin

Definition

耳提面命
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ěr tí miàn mìng
  1. to give sincere advice (idiom)
  2. to exhort earnestly

Related Words (20)

上面
shàng miàn
  1. 1 on top of
  2. 2 above-mentioned
  3. 3 also pr. [shàng mian]
下面
xià miàn
  1. 1 below
  2. 2 under
  3. 3 next
  4. 4 the following
  5. 5 also pr. [xià mian]
前面
qián miàn
  1. 1 ahead
  2. 2 in front
  3. 3 preceding
  4. 4 above
  5. 5 also pr. [qián mian]
命
mìng
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 fate
  3. 3 order or command
  4. 4 to assign a name, title etc
命运
mìng yùn
  1. 1 fate
  2. 2 destiny
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
外面
wài miàn
  1. 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
  2. 2 surface
  3. 3 exterior
  4. 4 external appearance
封面
fēng miàn
  1. 1 cover (of a publication)
后面
hòu miàn
  1. 1 rear
  2. 2 back
  3. 3 behind
  4. 4 later
  5. 5 afterwards
  6. 6 also pr. [hòu mian]
提
tí
  1. 1 to carry (hanging down from the hand)
  2. 2 to lift
  3. 3 to put forward
  4. 4 to mention
  5. 5 to raise (an issue)
  6. 6 upwards character stroke
  7. 7 lifting brush stroke (in painting)
  8. 8 scoop for measuring liquid
提供
tí gōng
  1. 1 to offer
  2. 2 to supply
  3. 3 to provide
  4. 4 to furnish
提前
tí qián
  1. 1 to shift to an earlier date
  2. 2 to do sth ahead of time
  3. 3 in advance
提问
tí wèn
  1. 1 to question
  2. 2 to quiz
  3. 3 to grill
提升
tí shēng
  1. 1 to promote
  2. 2 to upgrade
提示
tí shì
  1. 1 to point out
  2. 2 to remind (sb of sth)
  3. 3 to suggest
  4. 4 suggestion
  5. 5 tip
  6. 6 reminder
  7. 7 notice
提醒
tí xǐng
  1. 1 to remind
  2. 2 to call attention to
  3. 3 to warn of
提高
tí gāo
  1. 1 to raise
  2. 2 to increase
  3. 3 to improve
方面
fāng miàn
  1. 1 respect
  2. 2 aspect
  3. 3 field
  4. 4 side
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
本命年
běn mìng nián
  1. 1 year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]
桌面
zhuō miàn
  1. 1 desktop
  2. 2 tabletop
生命
shēng mìng
  1. 1 life (as the characteristic of living beings)
  2. 2 living being
  3. 3 creature
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],條|条[tiáo]

Idioms (20)

一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū
  1. 1 to die (idiom)
  2. 2 to breathe one's last
  3. 3 to give up the ghost
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一体两面
yī tǐ liǎng miàn
  1. 1 lit. one body two sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a situation with two sides to it
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
  1. 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
  1. 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
  2. 2 fugitive
人命关天
rén mìng guān tiān
  1. 1 human life is beyond value (idiom)
人面兽心
rén miàn shòu xīn
  1. 1 human face, beast's heart (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous
以泪洗面
yǐ lèi xǐ miàn
  1. 1 to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
  1. 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
  2. 2 at sb's beck and call
充耳不闻
chōng ěr bù wén
  1. 1 to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
两面三刀
liǎng miàn sān dāo
  1. 1 two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross
  2. 2 double dealing and back stabbing
别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn
  1. 1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
  2. 2 to break fresh ground
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
  1. 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
  2. 2 destined
  3. 3 fated
命在旦夕
mìng zài dàn xī
  1. 1 to be at death's door (idiom)
命归黄泉
mìng guī Huáng quán
  1. 1 lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huáng quán] (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to meet one's end
命途多舛
mìng tú duō chuǎn
  1. 1 to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)
哪壶不开提哪壶
nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú
  1. 1 lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot
  2. 2 to talk about sb's weak point
唾面自干
tuò miàn zì gān
  1. 1 to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek
  2. 2 to drain the cup of humiliation
嗜酒如命
shì jiǔ rú mìng
  1. 1 to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle

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