听说 | [tīng shuō, ㄊㄧㄥ ㄕㄨㄛ, 听 说 / 聽 說] to hear told #2,148 [Add to Longdo] |
听话 | [tīng huà, ㄊㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, 听 话 / 聽 話] to do what one is told; obedient #9,143 [Add to Longdo] |
千辛万苦 | [qiān xīn wàn kǔ, ㄑㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄨㄢˋ ㄎㄨˇ, 千 辛 万 苦 / 千 辛 萬 苦] untold hardships (set phrase) #26,870 [Add to Longdo] |
冷暖自知 | [lěng nuǎn zì zhī, ㄌㄥˇ ㄋㄨㄢˇ ㄗˋ ㄓ, 冷 暖 自 知] (set phrase); know best by personal experience; know sth without being told #31,902 [Add to Longdo] |
果不其然 | [guǒ bù qí rán, ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄖㄢˊ, 果 不 其 然] just as expected; told you so #38,588 [Add to Longdo] |
马后炮 | [mǎ hòu pào, ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄆㄠˋ, 马 后 炮 / 馬 後 炮] (idiom) belated action or advice; (int) I told you so #62,963 [Add to Longdo] |
隐衷 | [yǐn zhōng, ㄧㄣˇ ㄓㄨㄥ, 隐 衷 / 隱 衷] a secret; sth best not told to anyone; confidential information #118,459 [Add to Longdo] |
创巨痛深 | [chuàng jù tòng shēn, ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄐㄩˋ ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄣ, 创 巨 痛 深 / 創 巨 痛 深] untold pain and suffering (成语 saw); deeply scarred for life #304,902 [Add to Longdo] |
千千万万 | [qiān qiān wàn wàn, ㄑㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄢˋ, 千 千 万 万 / 千 千 萬 萬] millions upon millions; untold numbers [Add to Longdo] |
海伦・凯勒 | [Hǎi lún· Kǎi lē, ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄨㄣˊ· ㄎㄞˇ ㄌㄜ, 海 伦 ・ 凯 勒 / 海 倫 ・ 凱 勒] Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deafblind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker) [Add to Longdo] |
祸福吉凶 | [huò fú jí xiōng, ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄩㄥ, 祸 福 吉 凶 / 禍 福 吉 凶] fate; portent; luck or disasters as foretold in the stars (astrology) [Add to Longdo] |
それ見た事か | [それみたことか, soremitakotoka] (exp) (id) I told you so [Add to Longdo] |
何でも | [なんでも, nandemo] (exp, adv) (1) (uk) any; whatever one likes; by all means; anything; everything; (exp) (2) (uk) (at start of sentence) I am told; I understand; they say; I hear; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
何やかやで | [なにやかやで, naniyakayade] (exp) all told; what with one thing and another [Add to Longdo] |
絵伝 | [えでん, eden] (n) biography of a monk or history of a temple told in pictures [Add to Longdo] |
見料 | [けんりょう, kenryou] (n) admission fee; fee for having one's fortune told [Add to Longdo] |
言いなり(P);言成り;言い成り | [いいなり, iinari] (n) doing as one is told; yes-man; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
言うことを聞かない;言う事を聞かない | [いうことをきかない, iukotowokikanai] (exp, adj-i) (See 言うことを聞く・いうことをきく) not doing as one is told; disobedient; unruly [Add to Longdo] |
言うことを聞く;言う事を聞く | [いうことをきく, iukotowokiku] (exp, v5k) (See 言うことを聞かない) to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says [Add to Longdo] |
言ったって;言たって(io) | [いったって, ittatte] (exp) even if I told you [Add to Longdo] |
言わないことではない | [いわないことではない, iwanaikotodehanai] (exp) (obsc) (See 言わんこっちゃない) I told you so [Add to Longdo] |
言わんこっちゃない | [いわんこっちゃない, iwankocchanai] (exp) (col) (See 言わないことではない) I told you so [Add to Longdo] |
伺う | [うかがう, ukagau] (v5u, vt) (1) (hum) to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told; (2) to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); (v5u, vi) (3) (hum) to visit; (4) (from 御機嫌を伺う) to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.); (P) [Add to Longdo] |
子供の使い | [こどものつかい, kodomonotsukai] (exp, n) useless messenger; doing only as one is told; fool's errand [Add to Longdo] |
耳に胼胝ができる;耳にたこができる | [みみにたこができる, miminitakogadekiru] (exp, v1) to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears [Add to Longdo] |
承る(P);受け賜る(iK) | [うけたまわる, uketamawaru] (v5r, vt) (1) (hum) to hear; to be told; to know; (2) to receive (order); to undertake; to comply; to take (a reservation, etc.); (P) [Add to Longdo] |
随に;随意に(iK) | [まにまに, manimani] (adv) (uk) at the mercy of (e.g.the wind); as one is told (by) [Add to Longdo] |
体する | [たいする, taisuru] (vs-s, vt) to keep in mind and do as one has been told; to learn and obey; to act in accordance; to comply [Add to Longdo] |
辻講釈 | [つじごうしゃく, tsujigoushaku] (n) stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money [Add to Longdo] |
辻噺 | [つじばなし, tsujibanashi] (n) (obsc) (See 辻講釈) stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money [Add to Longdo] |
締めて | [しめて, shimete] (adv) in all; all told [Add to Longdo] |
儘に;随に | [ままに, mamani] (exp) (1) (uk) as (i.e. "do as one is told"); (2) as (i.e. "as we age we gain wisdom") [Add to Longdo] |