开门见山
kāi mén jiàn shān
Pinyin

Definition

开门见山
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kāi mén jiàn shān
  1. lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中山
Zhōng shān
  1. 1 refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen
  2. 2 Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
  3. 3 Nakayama (Japanese surname)
人山人海
rén shān rén hǎi
  1. 1 multitude
  2. 2 vast crowd
佛山
Fó shān
  1. 1 Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong
冰山
bīng shān
  1. 1 iceberg
  2. 2 CL:座[zuò]
唐山
Táng shān
  1. 1 Tangshan prefecture level city in Hebei
山
Shān
  1. 1 surname Shan
山寨
shān zhài
  1. 1 fortified hill village
  2. 2 mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits)
  3. 3 (fig.) knockoff (goods)
  4. 4 counterfeit
  5. 5 imitation
山东
Shān dōng
  1. 1 Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[Lǔ], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[Jǐ nán]
山顶
shān dǐng
  1. 1 hilltop
江山
Jiāng shān
  1. 1 Jiangshan county level city in Quzhou 衢州[Qú zhōu], Zhejiang
赵本山
Zhào Běn shān
  1. 1 Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
上山
shàng shān
  1. 1 to go uphill
  2. 2 to spin cocoon (silkworms)
  3. 3 to pass away
下山
xià shān
  1. 1 (of the sun) to set
中山市
Zhōng shān shì
  1. 1 Zhongshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong province 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng dōng shěng] in south China, close to Dr Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
丹霞山
Dān xiá Shān
  1. 1 Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[Sháo guān], Guangdong
九华山
Jiǔ huá shān
  1. 1 Mt Jiuhua in Anhui, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Kṣitigarbha 地藏
乳山
Rǔ shān
  1. 1 Rushan county level city in Weihai 威海, Shandong
五指山
Wǔ zhǐ shān
  1. 1 Wuzhi or Mount Five Finger, Hainan
  2. 2 Wuzhishan City, Hainan
五台山
Wǔ tái Shān
  1. 1 Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西[Shān xī], one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊[Wén shū]
井冈山
Jǐng gāng Shān
  1. 1 Jinggang Mountains, in the Jiangxi-Hunan border region

Idioms (20)

一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
不识泰山
bù shí Tài Shān
  1. 1 can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
不显山不露水
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
他山之石可以攻玉
tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù
  1. 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
  2. 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
  1. 1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
名落孙山
míng luò Sūn Shān
  1. 1 lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sūn Shān] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to fail an exam
  3. 3 to fall behind (in a competition)
地动山摇
dì dòng shān yáo
  1. 1 the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle
坐吃山空
zuò chī shān kōng
  1. 1 lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
坐山观虎斗
zuò shān guān hǔ dòu
  1. 1 sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight
  2. 2 watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted (idiom)
执法如山
zhí fǎ rú shān
  1. 1 to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly
堆积如山
duī jī rú shān
  1. 1 to pile up like a mountain (idiom)
  2. 2 a mountain of (paperwork etc)
  3. 3 a large number of sth
寿比南山
shòu bǐ Nán Shān
  1. 1 Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)
  2. 2 Long may you live!
小山包包
xiǎo shān bāo bao
  1. 1 a landscape dotted with low hills and hillocks (idiom)
山外有山，天外有天
shān wài yǒu shān , tiān wài yǒu tiān
  1. 1 (idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better
  2. 2 in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself
山峦重叠
shān luán chóng dié
  1. 1 overlapping ranges of high mountains (idiom)
山明水秀
shān míng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
山清水秀
shān qīng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
山珍海错
shān zhēn hǎi cuò
  1. 1 rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom); fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies
山盟海誓
shān méng hǎi shì
  1. 1 to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love
  2. 2 to swear by all the Gods

Sample Sentences

你说开门见山
nǐ shuō kāiménjiànshān
You say let's get down to it
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你好，我也很高兴你来参加今天的面试。我们开门见山吧。你为什么应聘这个职位？
nǐhǎo ，wǒ yě hěn gāoxìng nǐ lái cānjiā jīntiān de miànshì 。wǒmen kāiménjiànshān ba 。nǐ wèishénme yìngpìn zhège zhíwèi ？
Hi, and I'm happy you've come in for the interview. Let's get right down to the point. Why are you applying for this position?
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