打开天窗说亮话

Traditional: 打開天窗說亮話

dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà

Dictionary entry

(let's) not mince words; (let's) not beat about the bush

What does 打开天窗说亮话 mean?

打开天窗说亮话 (dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(let's) not mince words; (let's) not beat about the bush

Character breakdown

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打dá(loanword) dozen · Taiwan pr. [da3]开kāito open (transitive or intransitive) · (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start 天tiānday · sky 窗chuāngold variant of 窗[chuang1]说shuìto persuade 亮liàngbright; light · to shine; to flash 话huàdialect · language

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打开天窗说亮话

dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà

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