「打開天窗説亮話」
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Pronunciation: | daa2 hoi1 tin1 coeng1 syut3 loeng6 waa6 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
打 to hit; dozen; to beat; to strike; to knock; to shoot; to compete with; to fight against; to go up against; to whisk; to inject; to load; to fill with; to tie; to knot; to "check off"; to get; to seize; to catch; to hunt; to work; to strive; to think; to concentrate; to count 開 to open; away from; to spread; to enlarge; outside; on the outer side; away; elsewhere; to bloom; to commence; to unlock; to hold (an event); to start up; to turn on; to shoot; to issue; to dispense; to discover; to explore; to expose; to release a result; to reveal; to cut into pieces; to divide; times 天 sky; day; 24 hours 窗 window 説 to say; persuade; to speak; to talk; theory; hypothesis; model; to convince; to persuade 亮 bright; visually striking; noisy; sonorous; to show; to display 話 to say; to talk; to tell; to scold mildly; to blame; to opine; to think; to consider; to feel that; speech |
Variants: | Variants: 打開天窗說亮話 |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
to say things directly and frankly; literally: to open the skylight and say bright things
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