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单刀直入

dān dāo zhí rù

4-character word Traditional 單刀直入

What 单刀直入 means

1. idiomto get straight to the point

The characters in 单刀直入

• 单dānbill; list; form
• 刀dāoknife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang; loanword) dollar…
• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 入rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时

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