愛之深責之切

爱之深责之切
àizhīshēn

tough love; to criticize or reproach out of love

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 愛 ài
  1. to love; to be fond of; to like
  2. affection
  3. to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
2 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
=3 深 shēn old variant of 深 shēn
=3 深 shēn deep (lit. and fig.)
=4 責 zé
  1. duty
  2. responsibility
  3. to reproach
  4. to blame
=4 責 zhài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 債／债 (zhài, “debt; loan”).
  2. Original form of 債／债 (zhài, “debt; loan”).
5 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
=6 切 qiē
  1. to cut; to slice; to carve
  2. (math) tangential
=6 切 qiè
  1. definitely; absolutely (not)
  2. (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!
  3. to grind
  4. (bound form) close to
  5. (bound form) eager
  6. to correspond to
  7. (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 fǎnqiè system should be applied to the previous two characters)