百听不厌 | bǎi tīng bù yàn | worth hearing a hundred times |
监听 | jiān tīng | to monitor; to listen in; to eavesdrop |
眼见为实, 耳听为虚 | yǎn jiàn wéi shí , ěr tīng wéi xū | to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.; It ain't necessarily so. |
眼观六路耳听八方 | yǎn guān liù lù ěr tīng bā fāng | lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions; to be observant and alert (idiom) |
细听 | xì tīng | to listen carefully (for tiny sounds) |
耳听为虚, 眼见为实 | ěr tīng wéi xū , yǎn jiàn wéi shí | Take what you hear to be false, only believe it when you see it (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.; It ain't necessarily so. |
耸人听闻 | sǒng rén tīng wén | to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people |
听不到 | tīng bu dào | can't hear |
听不见 | tīng bu jiàn | not be able to hear |
听之任之 | tīng zhī rèn zhī | to take a laissez-faire attitude |
听来 | tīng lái | to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc); to ring (true); to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression); to hear from somewhere |
听信谣言 | tīng xìn yáo yán | to take heed of idle chatter (idiom) |
听其自然 | tīng qí zì rán | to let things take their course; to take things as they come |
听其言而观其行 | tīng qí yán ér guān qí xíng | hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions |
听其言观其行 | tīng qí yán guān qí xíng | hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions |
听到 | tīng dào | to hear |
听力 | tīng lì | hearing; listening ability |
听力理解 | tīng lì lǐ jiě | listening comprehension |
听天安命 | tīng tiān ān mìng | to accept one’s situation as dictated by heaven (idiom) |
听天由命 | tīng tiān yóu mìng | to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck |
听审 | tīng shěn | to attend court; to take part in a trial |
听审会 | tīng shěn huì | hearing (law) |
听小骨 | tīng xiǎo gǔ | ossicles (of the middle ear); three ossicles, acting as levers to amplify sound, namely: stapes or stirrup bone 镫骨, incus or anvil bone 砧骨, malleus or hammer bone 锤骨 |
听得懂 | tīng de dǒng | to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says) |
听得见 | tīng dé jiàn | audible |
听懂 | tīng dǒng | to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken) |
听房 | tīng fáng | to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom) |
听断 | tīng duàn | to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court); to hear and decide |
听书 | tīng shū | to listen to stories; to listen to performance of 说书 storytelling |
听会 | tīng huì | to attend a meeting (and hear what is discussed) |
听清 | tīng qīng | to hear clearly |
听墙根 | tīng qiáng gēn | to eavesdrop; to listen in secret to sb's conversations |
听墙根儿 | tīng qiáng gēnr | erhua variant of 听墙根, to eavesdrop; to listen in secret to sb's conversations |
听墙面 | tīng qiáng miàn | surface of wall |
听窗 | tīng chuāng | to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom) |
听者 | tīng zhě | listener; member of audience |
听而不闻 | tīng ér bù wén | to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear; to ignore deliberately |
听闻 | tīng wén | to listen; to hear what sb says; news one has heard |
听腻了 | tīng nì le | fed up of hearing |
听见风就是雨 | tīng jiàn fēng jiù shì yǔ | lit. on hearing wind, to say rain; to agree uncritically with whatever people say; to parrot other people's words; to chime in with others |
听讼 | tīng sòng | to hear litigation (in a law court); to hear a case |
听诊器 | tīng zhěn qì | stethoscope; medical device to listen to heart rate |
听话听声, 锣鼓听音 | tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn | to understand the unspoken implications (idiom) |
听证会 | tīng zhèng huì | (legislative) hearing |
听起来 | tīng qi lai | to sound like |
听错 | tīng cuò | to mishear |
听阈 | tīng yù | audibility threshold |
听随 | tīng suí | to obey; to allow |
听头 | tīng tóu | a can (loanword from English "tin") |
听风就是雨 | tīng fēng jiù shì yǔ | lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom); to believe rumors; to be credulous |