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打开天窗说亮话

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dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà

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

Child Words of 打开天窗说亮话

亮
liàng

bright

天
tiān

day

打
dá

dozen (loanword)

打
dǎ

to beat

打开
dǎ kāi

to open

话
huà

dialect

说
shuì

to persuade

说
shuō

to speak; to talk; to say

开
kāi

to open

天窗
tiān chuāng

hatchway

窗
chuāng

window

开天窗
kāi tiān chuāng

to leave a blank to mark censored area

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