丑话说在前头

chǒu huà shuō zài qián tou

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Definitions

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

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Child Words of 丑话说在前头

• 丑 丑 chǒu: clown
• 前 前 qián: front
• 前头 前头 qián tou: in front
• 在 在 zài: to exist; to be alive
• 话 话 huà: dialect
• 说 说 shuì: to persuade
• 说 说 shuō: to speak; to talk; to say
• 头 头 tóu: head
• 在前 在前 zài qián: ahead
• 话说 话说 huà shuō: It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative)
• 丑话 丑话 chǒu huà: ugly talk