开诚布公 — Chinese idiom
开诚布公
kāi chéng bù gōng
Traditional: 開誠布公
Meaning
- lit. deal sincerely and fairly ; frank and open-minded
- plain speaking
- Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves.
- to put one's cards on the table
Character by character
- 开kāito open; to start, to initiate, to begin
- 诚chénghonest, sincere, true; actually, really
- 布bùcotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare;
- 公gōngfair, equitable; public; duke
Idioms sharing a character
- 信口开河 xìn kǒu kāi hé
- 别开生面 bié kāi shēng miàn
- 喜笑颜开 xǐ xiào yán kāi
- 大开大合 dà kāi dà hé
- 大开眼界 dà kāi yǎn jiè
- 左右开弓 zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
- 广开言路 guǎng kāi yán lù
- 情窦初开 qíng dòu chū kāi
- 放开手脚 fàng kāi shǒu jiǎo
- 旗开得胜 qí kāi dé shèng
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