进谏

進諫
jìnjiàn
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to remonstrate (with a ruler)
  2. 2 to give frank advice to a superior

Examples

HSK 3
Wèi Zhēng jīngcháng xiàng Táng Tàizōng jìnjiàn.
Wei Zheng often remonstrated with Emperor Taizong of Tang.
HSK 7-9
Zài gǔdài, màosǐ jìnjiàn de dàchén wǎngwǎng bèi shìwéi zhōngchén.
In ancient times, ministers who remonstrated at the risk of their lives were often seen as loyal officials.

Tips

culture
When 魏征, the minister most famous for frank advice, died, 唐太宗 said he had lost a mirror: bronze shows how to straighten one’s clothes, history shows rise and fall, and a person shows one’s own faults.

Stroke Order

进 jìn
谏 jiàn