打開天窗說亮話

Chinese
to open; to switch on skylight; hatchway to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (打開天窗說亮話) 打開 天窗 說 亮話
simp. (打开天窗说亮话) 打开 天窗 说 亮话
Literally: “to open the skylight to say candid words”.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dǎkāi tiānchuāng shuō liànghuà
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄎㄞ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄨㄤ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: dǎkāi tiānchuāng shuō liànghuà
      • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄎㄞ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄨㄤ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daakai tianchuang shuo lianqhuah
      • IPA (key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/

Idiom

打開天窗說亮話

  1. (figuratively) to speak candidly; to not beat around the bush
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