直言无讳
zhí​yán​wú​huì

to speak candidly

  • created sense approved 直言无讳/直言無諱 · zhí​yán​wú​huì · to speak candidly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    直言无讳 / 直言無諱

    zhí​yán​wú​huì

    to speak candidly

    to speak one's mind directly without any reservation or concealment; to be outspoken

    直言 (literal) → 直言 · zhí​yán · to speak bluntly 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 讳 (literal) → 讳/諱 · huì · to avoid mentioning

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

    created sense