心直口快
xīn zhí kǒu kuài
Pinyin

Definition

心直口快
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xīn zhí kǒu kuài
  1. frank and outspoken (idiom)
  2. straight speaking
  3. to say what one thinks

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一直
yī zhí
  1. 1 straight (in a straight line)
  2. 2 continuously
  3. 3 always
  4. 4 from the beginning of ... up to ...
  5. 5 all along
内心
nèi xīn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 innermost being
  3. 3 (math.) incenter
口
kǒu
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
  3. 3 classifier for bites or mouthfuls
小心
xiǎo xīn
  1. 1 to be careful
  2. 2 to take care
心
xīn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 mind
  3. 3 intention
  4. 4 center
  5. 5 core
  6. 6 classifier: 颗 kē
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一心一德
yī xīn yī dé
  1. 1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying
三缄其口
sān jiān qí kǒu
  1. 1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
  2. 2 tight-lipped

Sample Sentences

心直口快
xīnzhíkǒukuài
straightforward
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他心直口快，有话就说。
tā xīnzhíkǒukuài ，yǒu huà jiù shuō 。
He is straightforward. He says whatever he thinks.
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他心直口快，朋友不多。
tā xīnzhíkǒukuài ，péngyou bù duō 。
He is straightforward, so he doesn’t have many friends.
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大家都不喜欢他心直口快的个性。
dàjiā dōu bù xǐhuan tā xīnzhíkǒukuài de gèxìng 。
No one likes his straightforward personality.
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