| 打开天窗说亮话 |
dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà |
(let's) not mince words; (let's) not beat about the bush |
| 打 |
dá |
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 打 |
dǎ |
to hit; to strike / to fight / (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 "to make a phone call", 打针 "to get an injection" / (coll.) from; since |
| 打开 |
dǎ kāi |
to open / to show (a ticket) / to turn on / to switch on |
| 开 |
kāi |
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 / abbr. for 开本, book format |
| 开天窗 |
kāi tiān chuāng |
to leave a blank to mark censored area |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |
| 天窗 |
tiān chuāng |
hatchway / skylight / sun roof |
| 窗 |
chuāng |
old variant of 窗 |
| 窗 |
chuāng |
variant of 窗 |
| 窗 |
chuāng |
variant of 窗 |
| 窗 |
chuāng |
window / CL:扇 |
| 窗 |
chuāng |
variant of 窗 |
| 说 |
shuì |
to persuade |
| 说 |
shuō |
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine |
| 说 |
shuō |
variant of 说 |
| 亮 |
liàng |
bright; light / to shine; to flash / loud and clear / to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc) |
| 话 |
huà |
dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL:种,席,句,口,番 |
| 话 |
huà |
old variant of 话 |