忠言逆耳

loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)

Characters and words in 忠言逆耳

loyal / devoted / honest

= + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) plays darts every day in front of the engine ((e)ng1). He is very loyal (忠) to his club and even has a darts board (中) tattooed onto his heart (心).
loyal advice / sincere advice
sincere advice; heartfelt exhortation
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.
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.

Words with 忠言逆耳

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