() — (bound form, literary) carefully, attentively (of looking or listening)

Definition

谛 is a literary bound form meaning 'carefully, attentively' — always attached to 视 or 听 (谛视, 谛听), not used alone.

bound form
(bound form, literary) carefullyattentively (of looking or listening)

Examples

  • Tā dì shì zhe yuǎn fāng, ruò yǒu suǒ sī.
    He gazed carefully into the distance, as if deep in thought.
  • Qǐng dì tīng wǒ de jiǎng shù.
    Please listen carefully to my explanation.
  • Shī fu dīng zhǔ tā dì tīng fó jīng de měi yí jù huà.
    The master instructed him to listen carefully to every word of the Buddhist sutra.

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