洗耳恭听 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 洗耳恭聽 xǐěrgōngtīng ㄒㄧˇ ㄦˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄊㄧㄥ to listen with respectful attention (a polite request to sb to speak) we are all ears Character by character 洗(xǐ)wash 耳(ěr)ear 恭(gōng)respectful 听(tīng)listen to A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0