开宗明义 — Chinese idiom
开宗明义
kāi zōng míng yì
Traditional: 開宗明義
Meaning
- to declare at the outset
Character by character
- 开kāito open; to start, to initiate, to begin
- 宗zōngancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect
- 明míngbright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed
- 义yìright conduct, propriety; justice
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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