忠言逆耳 zhōng yán nì ěr

zhōng yán nì ěr phrase honest advice, although unpleasant to the ear, induces good conduct
Domain: Proverb 谚语
Notes: From Han Feizi's Wai Chu Shuo Zuo Shang (DCP 'Z137')

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• 卷七十四下 袁紹劉表列傳 Volume 74b: Biographies of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao 2 Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 2
• 卷一百六十八　列傳第五十五: 陳祐 劉宣 何榮祖 陳思濟 秦長卿 趙與□ 姚天福 許國禎 Volume 168 Biographies 55: Chen You, Liu Xuan, He Rongzu, Chen Siji, Qin Zhangqing, Zhao Yu□, Yao Tianfu, Xu Guozhen History of Yuan 元史 — count: 2
• 卷四十六 郭陳列傳 Volume 46: Biographies of Guo, Chen Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
• 卷四十三 Scroll 43 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
• 《留侯世家》 House of Marquis of Liu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 1
• 卷七十五 劉焉袁術吕布列傳 Volume 75: Biographies of Liu Yan, Yuan Shu, Lü Bu Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
• 第六十回 Chapter 60 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
• 第三十回 Chapter 30 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
• 卷一百二十八 載記第二十八 慕容超 Volume 128 Records 28: Murong Chao Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
• 卷四十六 吳書一 孫破虜討逆傳 Volume 46: Book of Wu 1 - Biographies of Sun Who Destroys Barbarians, and Sun Who Attacks Rebels Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1

Collocations

• 忠言逆耳利于 (忠言逆耳利於) 忠言逆耳利於行 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《留侯世家》 House of Marquis of Liu — count: 5