老實巴交
lǎo​shi​bā​jiāo

honest and docile

  • created sense approved 老实巴交/老實巴交 · lǎo​shi​bā​jiāo · honest and docile — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老实巴交 / 老實巴交

    lǎo​shi​bā​jiāo

    honest and docile

    (colloquial) describes someone who is honest, simple, and follows the rules; good-natured and cautious to a fault; biddable or timid

    老实 (literal) → 老实/老實 · lǎo​shi · honest 巴 (bound) → 巴 · ba · [suffix] 交 (opaque)

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

    created sense