单刀直入 — Chinese idiom
单刀直入
dān dāo zhí rù
Traditional: 單刀直入
Meaning
- to get straight to the point
Character by character
- 单dānsingle, individual, only; lone
- 刀dāoknife; old coin; measure
- 直zhístraight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
- 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
Idioms sharing a character
- 势单力薄 shì dān lì bó
- 单人匹马 dān rén pǐ mǎ
- 单刀赴会 dān dāo fù huì
- 单打独斗 dān dǎ dú dòu
- 单枪匹马 dān qiāng pǐ mǎ
- 单调乏味 dān diào fá wèi
- 形单影只 xíng dān yǐng zhī
- 祸不单行 huò bù dān xíng
- 衣单食薄 yī dān shí bó
- 一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn
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