叮 咛

dīng níngdictionary entry

to warn / to urge / to exhort / to give instructions carefully and insistently

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Original source entry:

叮嚀叮咛 [ding1 ning2] /to warn/to urge/to exhort/to give instructions carefully and insistently/

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Other forms in these source records: 叮嚀

叮
dīng
to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc) / to say repeatedly / to urge insistently / to ask repeatedly / to stick to a point / (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound
咛
níng
to enjoin

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