直言无讳 (直言無諱)
zhí yán wú huì
Pinyin
Definition
直言无讳 (直言無諱)
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- to speak one's mind
- to speak candidly (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 straight (in a straight line)
- 2 continuously
- 3 always
- 4 from the beginning of ... up to ...
- 5 all along
- 1 surname Zhi
- 2 Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yán dì] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shén nóng] Farmer God
- 1 direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jiàn jiē])
- 2 immediate
- 3 straightforward
- 1 live broadcast (not recorded)
- 2 direct Internet broadcasting
- 3 (agriculture) direct seeding
- 1 simply
- 2 at all
- 3 practically
Idioms (20)
一言一动
- 1 (one's) every word and deed (idiom)
一言一行
- 1 every word and action (idiom)
一言不发
- 1 to not say a word (idiom)
一言九鼎
- 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
一言以蔽之
- 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
- 2 in a nutshell