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坦言

tǎn yán

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

坦言 (tǎn yán) means "to say candidly; to acknowledge frankly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 坦言 means

1. to say candidly
2. to acknowledge frankly

The characters in 坦言

• 坦tǎnflat; open-hearted; level
• 言yánwords; speech; to say

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