洗耳恭听 / 洗耳恭聽

xǐ ěr gōng tīng

Meaning

• to listen with respectful attention
• a polite request to someone to speak
• we are all ears

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Example sentences

• 我对你洗耳恭听。

  我對你洗耳恭聽。

  wǒ duì nǐ xǐ ěr gōng tīng。

  I'm all ears.

• 我洗耳恭听。

  我洗耳恭聽。

  wǒ xǐ ěr gōng tīng。

  I'm all ears.

• 请洗耳恭听。

  請洗耳恭聽。

  qǐng xǐ ěr gōng tīng。

  Please listen attentively.

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