光明磊落 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• open and candid ; straightforward and upright

Character by character

• 光guānglight; bright, brilliant; only, merely
• 明míngbright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed
• 磊lěia pile of rocks; candid, open; great
• 落luòto fall, to drop; surplus, net income

Idioms sharing a character

• 五光十色 wǔ guāng shí sè
• 光前裕后 guāng qián yù hòu
• 光天化日 guāng tiān huà rì
• 光耀门楣 guāng yào mén méi
• 光芒万丈 guāng máng wàn zhàng
• 光说不做 guāng shuō bù zuò
• 光说不练 guāng shuō bù liàn
• 光阴似箭 guāng yīn sì jiàn
• 光阴荏苒 guāng yīn rěn rǎn
• 光风霁月 guāng fēng jì yuè

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