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洗耳恭聽
简 洗耳恭听 · 繁 洗耳恭聽Mandarin · pinyin xǐ ěr gōng tīng
Meanings
- to listen with respectful attention
- (a polite request to sb to speak)
- we are all ears
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3–3–1–1 · xi3 er3 gong1 ting1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
sai2 ji5 gung1 ting3
Cantonese word readings for 洗耳恭聽. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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sai2 ji5 gung1 ting1
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to listen with respectful attention; to be all ears
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