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开诚布公

kāi chéng bù gōng

4-character word Traditional 開誠布公

What 开诚布公 means

1. lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom); frank and open-minded
2. plain speaking
3. Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves.
4. to put one's cards on the table

Other readings

开诚布公 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• kāi chéng bù gōngvariant of {开诚布公|kāi chéng bù gōng}

The characters in 开诚布公

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 诚chéng(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
• 布bùcloth; to declare; to announce
• 公gōngpublic; collectively owned; common