逆耳之言

jik6 ji5 zi1 jin4

speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths · home truths (that one does not want to hear)

Meanings

  1. speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths
  2. home truths (that one does not want to hear)

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