- to listen with respectful attention
- (a polite request to sb to speak)
- we are all ears
Characters
- 洗 (洗): to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording)
- 耳 (耳): ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
- 恭 (恭): respectful
- 听 (听): smile (archaic)
Resources
- Wiktionary: 洗耳恭听
- MDBG: 洗耳恭听
- Examples with 洗耳恭听 on Tatoeba
Examples
我对你洗耳恭听。