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丑话说在前头

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chǒu huà shuō zài qián tou

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Definitions

  1. 1. let's talk about the unpleasant things first; let's be frank

Child Words of 丑话说在前头

丑
chǒu

clown

前
qián

front

前头
qián tou

in front

在
zài

to exist; to be alive

话
huà

dialect

说
shuì

to persuade

说
shuō

to speak; to talk; to say

头
tóu

head

在前
zài qián

ahead

话说
huà shuō

It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative)

丑话
chǒu huà

ugly talk

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