Mary bluntly rejected Tom's request.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
直截了当
direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt
02
straightforward
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 直截了当 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 直截了当 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
She never expects a straight answer from him.
People who can express their thoughts in a clear-cut way are very straightforward.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 直截了当.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 直截了当.
Directly before
- 他直截了当1
- 个直截了当1
- 能够直截了当1
- 玛丽直截了当1
Directly after
- 直截了当地3
- 直截了当的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 直截了当
What does 直截了当 mean in Chinese?
直截了当 (zhíjiéliǎodàng) means direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt.
How do you pronounce 直截了当?
直截了当 is pronounced zhíjiéliǎodàng.
Is 直截了当 an HSK word?
直截了当 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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