箴言 | zhēn yán | admonition / exhortation / dictum / the biblical Book of Proverbs | |
砭针 | biān zhēn | remonstrance / admonition | |
训词 | xùn cí | instruction / admonition | |
屡教不改 | lu:3 jiào bù gǎi | lit. not to change, despite repeated admonition / incorrigible / unrepentant | |
诤友 | zhèng yǒu | a friend capable of direct admonition | |
诤言 | zhèng yán | to reprove / forthright admonition | |
从谏如流 | cóng jiàn rú liú | to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom) / to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors) | |
谏书 | jiàn shū | written admonition from an official to his sovereign (old) |