逆耳之言 Save Sign in to save words nìěrzhīyán ㄋㄧˋ ㄦˇ ㄓ ㄧㄢˊ speech that grates on the ear (idiom) bitter truths home truths (that one does not want to hear) Character by character 逆(nì)contrary 耳(ěr)ear 之(zhī)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de) 言(yán)words A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0