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光明正大

guāng míng zhèng dà

4-character word

What 光明正大 means

1. (of a person) honorable; not devious
2. (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly
3. (of a situation) out in the open

The characters in 光明正大

• 光guānglight; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely
• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear
• 正zhèngstraight; upright; proper
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐

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