打开天窗说亮话

dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà

Definitions

1. (let's) not mince words; (let's) not beat about the bush

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Child Words of 打开天窗说亮话

• 亮 亮 liàng: bright
• 天 天 tiān: day
• 打 打 dá: dozen (loanword)
• 打 打 dǎ: to beat
• 打开 打开 dǎ kāi: to open
• 话 话 huà: dialect
• 说 说 shuì: to persuade
• 说 说 shuō: to speak; to talk; to say
• 开 开 kāi: to open
• 天窗 天窗 tiān chuāng: hatchway
• 窗 窗 chuāng: window
• 开天窗 开天窗 kāi tiān chuāng: to leave a blank to mark censored area