虚己以听 in English xu1 ji3 yi3 ting1 Meaning

Meanings

  • to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

虚 己 以 听

Traditional Characters

虛 己 以 聽

Pinyin

xu1 ji3 yi3 ting1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

虚xu1emptiness 己ji3self 以yi3old variant of 以[yi3] 听ting1smile (archaic)