开门见山 (開門見山)
kāi mén jiàn shān
Pinyin

Definition

开门见山 (開門見山)
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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 classifier: 座 zuò
唐山
Táng shān
  1. 1 Tangshan prefecture level city in Hebei

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

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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