打开天窗说亮话 dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà

DEFINITIONS

  1. not to mince words
  2. not to beat about the bush

CHARACTERS

打 dǎ
HSK 1
strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
开 kāi
HSK 1
open; initiate, begin, start
天 tiān
HSK 1
sky, heaven; god, celestial
窗 chuāng
HSK 4
window
说 shuō
HSK 1
speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
亮 liàng
HSK 1
bright, brilliant, radiant, light
话 huà
HSK 1
speech, talk, language; dialect