开门见山 / 開門見山

kāi​mén​jiàn​shān

to get straight to the point

Literally meaning "to open the door and see the mountain"; used to describe speaking or writing in a direct way that addresses the main topic from the very beginning.

开 (literal) → 开/開 · kāi · to open 门 (literal) → 门/門 · mén · door 见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to see 山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM