听墙根

聽牆根
tīngqiánggēn
  1. to eavesdrop
  2. to listen in secret to sb's conversations

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) to eavesdrop
  2. to eavesdrop

Wiktionary

躲在一边偷听别人说话。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 听 tīng
  1. to listen to; to hear
  2. to heed; to obey
  3. a can (loanword from English "tin")
  4. classifier for canned beverages
  5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. tìng)
  6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. tìng)
2 墙根 qiánggēn foot of a wall

Containing this entry

听墙根儿 tīngqiánggēnr erhua variant of 听墙根 tīngqiánggēn

Related entries

侦听 zhēntīng
  1. to eavesdrop
  2. to tap (telephone conversations)
  3. to intercept and investigate
偷听 tōutīng
  1. to eavesdrop
  2. to monitor (secretly)
我沒想偷聽的。

I didn't mean to eavesdrop.

Source: Tatoeba

窃听 qiètīng
  1. to eavesdrop
  2. to wiretap