Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「言從計聽」, detailed below.
We’re presenting the idiom 「言從計聽」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
Describes having great trust in someone. Same as “obey orders and follow instructions.”
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yán cóng jì tīng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yin4 chung4 gai3/gai2 teng1
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