坦言 tǎn yán

to say candidly; to acknowledge frankly

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 38480th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to say candidly
  2. 2. to acknowledge frankly

Characters

Character Meaning
坦 tǎn HSK 5
open-hearted; flat; level
言 yán HSK 4
to say; to talk; speech