shí​huà​shí​shuō HSK7

honestly

实话实说 (實話實說) shí​huà​shí​shuō
honestly expression
to tell the truth and speak frankly without hiding or distorting the facts

Since you've asked about it, I'll have to tell you the truth.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
10.0 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
1.76 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT