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实话实说

shí huà shí shuō

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 實話實說

实话实说 (shí huà shí shuō) means "to tell the truth; to tell it as it is". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 实话实说 means

1. to tell the truth
2. to tell it as it is

The characters in 实话实说

• 实shíreal; true; honest
• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words
• 实shíreal; true; honest
• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off

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