打开天窗说亮话
dǎ​kāi​tiān​chuāng​shuō​liàng​huà

to be frank

  • created reference approved 打开天窗说亮话/打開天窗說亮話 → 打开窗子说亮话/打開窗子說亮話 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    打开天窗说亮话 / 打開天窗說亮話 dǎ​kāi​tiān​chuāng​shuō​liàng​huà

    打开窗子说亮话 / 打開窗子說亮話 dǎ​kāi​chuāng​zi​shuō​liàng​huà

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 打开天窗说亮话/打開天窗說亮話 · dǎ​kāi​tiān​chuāng​shuō​liàng​huà · to be frank — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    打开天窗说亮话 / 打開天窗說亮話

    dǎ​kāi​tiān​chuāng​shuō​liàng​huà

    to be frank

    to speak frankly without hiding anything; to not mince words; to not beat about the bush

    打开 (literal) → 打开/打開 · dǎ​kāi · to open 天窗 (literal) → 天窗 · tiān​chuāng · skylight 说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to say 亮话 (literal) → 亮话/亮話 · liàng​huà · frank remarks

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense