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百听不厌

bǎi tīng bù yàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
worth hearing a hundred times
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-6d87af689967b9ad. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

百聽不厭 百听不厌 [bai3 ting1 bu4 yan4] /worth hearing a hundred times/

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Other forms in these source records: 百聽不厭

  • 百
    bǎi

    hundred / numerous / all kinds of

    Bǎi

    surname Bai

  • 听
    yǐn

    smile (archaic)

    tīng

    to listen to / to hear / to heed / to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be / to allow (Taiwan pr. [tìng]) / (literary) to administer / to deal with (Taiwan pr. [tìng])

  • 不
    bù

    no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

  • 厌
    yàn

    (bound form) to loathe / to be fed up with / (literary) to satiate / to satisfy

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.