叮嘱

dīng zhǔ · HSK 7

to exhort again and again

🔔☝️ 叮 = ding (bell sound) + 嘱 = entrust; a bell dinging reminders at you

叮 imitates a bell's ding — that persistent ringing. 嘱 means to entrust or instruct. Together: someone dings instructions at you over and over, like a bell that won't stop until you get the message.

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