谏

surname Jian

to remonstrate / to admonish

abbr. for 柬埔寨[Jian3 pu3 zhai4], Cambodia

card / note / letter / old variant of 揀|拣[jian3]

"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

to admonish

to admonish tactfully

to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)

to counsel a superior in tears indicating absolute sincerity

to admonish sb frankly / direct criticism

to admonish strenuously

to remonstrate / to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese) / to exhort

to criticize frankly / to admonish

to send or go on a punitive expedition

written admonition from an official to his sovereign (old)

see 諍諫|诤谏[zheng4 jian4]

advice / to advise

see 諍諫|诤谏[zheng4 jian4]

(literary) to remonstrate with one's superior tactfully