shuō lǎo shi huà

Traditional: 說老實話

HSK 7–9

说老实话 (shuō lǎo shi huà) is a Chinese word meaning “to be honest; to tell the truth; to be frank”.

Meanings

  1. 1to be honest
  2. 2to tell the truth
  3. 3to be frank

Characters in 说老实话

说shuì · to persuade老lǎo · prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity实shí · real话huà · dialect

Related words

说to persuade说to speak; to talk; to say说variant of 說|说[shuo1]话dialect话old variant of 話|话[hua4]电话telephone老prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity打电话to make a telephone call说话to speak听说to hear (sth said)确实indeed其实actually; in fact; really

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