打开天窗说亮话 in English da3 kai1 tian1 chuang1 shuo1 liang4 hua4 Meaning

Meanings

  • not to mince words
  • not to beat about the bush

Simplified Characters

打 开 天 窗 说 亮 话

Traditional Characters

打 開 天 窗 說 亮 話

Pinyin

da3 kai1 tian1 chuang1 shuo1 liang4 hua4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

打da3dozen (loanword) 开kai1to open 天tian1day 窗chuang1old variant of 窗[chuang1] 说shuo1to persuade 亮liang4bright 话hua4dialect