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老实

lǎo shí
HSK 2.0 Level 5

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lǎo shi honest; sincere 5 definitions lǎo shí honest; sincere 4 definitions

Definitions

  1. 1. honest
  2. 2. sincere
  3. 3. open and guileless
  4. 4. naive

Words Containing 老实

老实巴交
lǎo shi bā jiāo

(coll.) docile

老实说
lǎo shí shuō

honestly speaking; to be frank, ...

说老实话
shuō lǎo shi huà

to be honest

Child Words of 老实

老
lǎo

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity

实
shí

real