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直截了当

zhí jié liǎo dàng

4-character word Traditional 直截了當

What 直截了当 means

1. direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt
2. straightforward

The characters in 直截了当

• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 截jiéto cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept
• 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)…
• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)

Example sentences

• 她从不要求他直截了当的给出答覆
  Tā cóngbù yāoqiú tā zhíjiéliǎodàng de gěi chū dáfù
  She never expects a straight answer from him.
• 她从不要求他直截了当地给出答复。
  She never expects a straight answer from him.
• 玛丽直截了当地拒绝了汤姆的请求。
  Mary bluntly rejected Tom's request.
• 能够直截了当地表达自己想法的人很直爽。
  People who can express their thoughts in a clear-cut way are very straightforward.

Sounds the same

Read zhí jié liǎo dàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 直捷了当variant of 直截了当