劝诫
quàn jiè
Pinyin

Definition

劝诫
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quàn jiè
  1. to exhort
  2. to admonish

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

劝
quàn
  1. 1 to advise
  2. 2 to urge
  3. 3 to try to persuade
  4. 4 to exhort
  5. 5 to console
  6. 6 to soothe
告诫
gào jiè
  1. 1 to warn
  2. 2 to admonish
劝告
quàn gào
  1. 1 to advise
  2. 2 to urge
  3. 3 to exhort
  4. 4 exhortation
  5. 5 advice
  6. 6 CL:席[xí]
劝导
quàn dǎo
  1. 1 to advise
  2. 2 to attempt to convince
劝慰
quàn wèi
  1. 1 to console
劝架
quàn jià
  1. 1 to mediate in a quarrel
  2. 2 to intervene in a dispute and try to calm things down
劝解
quàn jiě
  1. 1 conciliation
  2. 2 mediation
  3. 3 to mollify
  4. 4 to propitiate
  5. 5 to reconcile
劝说
quàn shuō
  1. 1 to persuade
  2. 2 persuasion
  3. 3 to advise
劝酒
quàn jiǔ
  1. 1 to urge sb to drink alcohol
劝阻
quàn zǔ
  1. 1 to advise against
  2. 2 to dissuade
奉劝
fèng quàn
  1. 1 may I offer a bit of advice
规劝
guī quàn
  1. 1 to advise
诫
jiè
  1. 1 commandment
  2. 2 to prohibit
劝勉
quàn miǎn
  1. 1 to advise
  2. 2 to encourage
劝学
quàn xué
  1. 1 On learning, classic book by Confucian philosopher Xun Zi 荀子 (c. 310-237 BC)
劝戒
quàn jiè
  1. 1 variant of 勸誡|劝诫[quàn jiè]
劝服
quàn fú
  1. 1 prevail
  2. 2 convince
劝诱
quàn yòu
  1. 1 to prevail upon
  2. 2 to coax
劝诫
quàn jiè
  1. 1 to exhort
  2. 2 to admonish
劝退
quàn tuì
  1. 1 to try to persuade sb to give up (their job, plans etc)

Idioms (3)

劝善惩恶
quàn shàn chéng è
  1. 1 to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice
  2. 2 you get what's coming to you
小惩大诫
xiǎo chéng dà jiè
  1. 1 lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
谆谆告诫
zhūn zhūn gào jiè
  1. 1 to repeatedly advise sb earnestly (idiom)
  2. 2 to admonish

Sample Sentences