苦口婆心 Save Sign in to save words kǔkǒupóxīn ㄎㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄆㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄣ earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom) to persuade patiently Character by character 苦(kǔ)bitter 口(kǒu)mouth 婆(pó)grandmother 心(xīn)heart A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0