zhí jié liǎo dàng

Traditional: 直截了當

直截了当 (zhí jié liǎo dàng) is a Chinese word meaning “direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt; straightforward”.

Meanings

  1. 1direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt
  2. 2straightforward

Characters in 直截了当

直zhí · straight截jié · to cut off (a length)了le · (completed action marker)当dāng · (onom.) dong

Related words

了(completed action marker)了to finish了(of eyes) bright了unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]当(onom.) dong当to be当at or in the very same...当然only natural一直straight (in a straight line)为了for; for the purpose of; in order to了解to understand了解to understand

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