zhí​jié​liǎo​dàng

straightforward

直截了当 (直截了當) zhí​jié​liǎo​dàng
straightforward idiom
direct and plainspoken; blunt and to the point

说话直截了当拐弯抹角

shuō​huà zhí​jié​liǎo​dàng, cóng guǎi​wān​mò​jiǎo.

He is very direct and never beats around the bush.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
2.09 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.52 per million

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