实话实说
shíhuàshíshuō
to tell the truth frankly
Characters in this word
话 huà
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
说 shuō
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 兑 to exchange
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我实话实说，这家餐厅的菜一般。 Wǒ shíhuà shíshuō, zhè jiā cāntīng de cài yìbān. To be honest, the food at this restaurant is mediocre.
- 实话实说，你的翻译比我的更自然。 Shíhuà shíshuō, nǐ de fānyì bǐ wǒ de gèng zìrán. Frankly speaking, your translation sounds more natural than mine.
- 他实话实说，没有夸大自己的成绩。 Tā shíhuà shíshuō, méiyǒu kuādà zìjǐ de chéngjì. He told the truth as it was, without exaggerating his achievements.
Related words
- 实际 shíjì actual; practical
- 实习 shíxí to intern; internship
- 实现 shíxiàn to make real; to achieve
- 实在 shízài really; truly
- 实在 shízai solid; well made
- 结实 jiēshi strong; sturdy
- 其实 qíshí actually; in fact
- 确实 quèshí really; indeed
- 实际上 shíjìshàng actually; in fact
- 实力 shílì strength; ability
- 实行 shíxíng to put into practice
- 实验 shíyàn experiment