逆耳之言

speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths / home truths (that one does not want to hear)

Characters and words in 逆耳之言

contrary / opposite / backwards / to go against / to oppose / to betray / to rebel

= + : Nefertiti's (ni) son has lost all her money in a casino. As Nefertiti hears of her disobedient (屰) son's doings she pulls off one of her gladiator sandals (辶) to beat him to death in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and exclaims "逆子!"
unpleasant to hear / grates on the ear (of home truths)
ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)

It ist what it looks like: an ear.
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

= + Z : Mnemonic symbol: Sooo sleepy... "zZz" (the character looks like a "Z"). James II of England (zh) fell asleep in front of the space station (Ø1). He sleeps on a big petal leaf (丶), making loud "zZz" (之) sounds.
words / speech / to say / to talk

= + + : The horizontal lines look like sound waves that emerge from an opening: I'll resemble 言 by a megaphone.

= + + : Maud Younger rushes into anthill and in the kitchen she uses a megaphone to loudly announce that the world revolution will soon start. She also tells the people that she has berets for everyone so that everyone will be able to be in style for the revolution. However she doesn't tell that she prepared the berets in another way: to each beret, she attached a mandarin via two capacitors which forms a formidable antenna, so that after the revolution, she'll be able to transmit her speeches directly to the wearers' brains.

Words with 逆耳之言

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Sentences with 逆耳之言

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