| 心口如一 |
xīn kǒu rú yī |
lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); to say what you think / honest and straightforward |
| 心 |
xīn |
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:颗,个 |
| 心口 |
xīn kǒu |
pit of the stomach / solar plexus / words and thoughts |
| 口 |
kǒu |
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls |
| 如 |
rú |
as / as if / such as |
| 如一 |
rú yī |
consistent / the same / unvarying |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |