言从计听 | implicitly obey someone

yán言cóng从jì计tīng听

To implicitly obey someone; to trust someone completely and follow their advice and plans.

他是部门的负责人，同事们对他总是言从计听，项目因此进展得十分顺利。

He is the head of the department; colleagues always implicitly obey him, and the project thus progresses very smoothly.

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Early Modern

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