kāi chéng bù gōng

Traditional: 開誠布公

开诚布公 (kāi chéng bù gōng) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom); frank and open-minded; plain speaking; Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves.”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom); frank and open-minded
  2. 2plain speaking
  3. 3Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves.
  4. 4to put one's cards on the table

Characters in 开诚布公

开kāi · to open (transitive or intransitive)诚chéng · (bound form) sincere; authentic布bù · cloth公gōng · public

Related words

开始to begin开to open (transitive or intransitive)离开to depart; to leave公司company; firm; corporation开心to feel happy办公室office; business premises打开to open开枪to open fire放开to let go公寓apartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套[tao4])开玩笑to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke公平fair

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