| 谏 | [ jiàn ] surname Jian |
| 谏 | [ jiàn ] to remonstrate, to admonish |
| 谏征 | [ jiàn zhēng ] to send or go on a punitive expedition |
| 谏书 | [ jiàn shū ] written admonition from an official to his sovereign (old) |
| 谏正 | [ jiàn zhèng ] see 諍諫|诤谏[zheng4 jian4] |
| 谏言 | [ jiàn yán ] advice, to advise |
| 谏诤 | [ jiàn zhèng ] see 諍諫|诤谏[zheng4 jian4] |
| ⇒ 劝谏 | [ quàn jiàn ] to admonish |
| ⇒ 几谏 | [ jī jiàn ] to admonish tactfully |
| ⇒ 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) |
| ⇒ 泣谏 | [ qì jiàn ] to counsel a superior in tears indicating absolute sincerity |
| ⇒ 直谏 | [ zhí jiàn ] to admonish sb frankly, direct criticism |
| ⇒ 苦谏 | [ kǔ jiàn ] to admonish strenuously |
| ⇒ 规谏 | [ guī jiàn ] to remonstrate, to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese), to exhort |
| ⇒ 诤谏 | [ zhèng jiàn ] to criticize frankly, to admonish |
| ⇒ 讽谏 | [ fěng jiàn ] (literary) to remonstrate with one's superior tactfully |