听话 [
tīng huà]
(v) obey an elder
(adj) be obedient
- 有时他很快乐,因为我们很听话。
Sometimes he is happy, because we are good. - 他的父亲打那个不听话的男孩。
His father beat the disobedient boy. - 那位年轻的老师很难让孩子们听话。
The young teacher had difficulty in holding the children under her girdle.