直言不讳 — Chinese idiom
直言不讳
zhí yán bù huì
Traditional: 直言不諱
Meaning
- to speak bluntly
- not to mince words
Character by character
- 直zhístraight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 讳huìtaboo; to shun, to conceal, to avoid mentioning
Idioms sharing a character
- 单刀直入 dān dāo zhí rù
- 嘴快心直 zuǐ kuài xīn zhí
- 平铺直叙 píng pū zhí xù
- 径情直遂 jìng qíng zhí suì
- 心直口快 xīn zhí kǒu kuài
- 急转直下 jí zhuǎn zhí xià
- 是非曲直 shì fēi qū zhí
- 横冲直撞 héng chōng zhí zhuàng
- 理直气壮 lǐ zhí qì zhuàng
- 直情径行 zhí qíng jìng xíng
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