打開天窗說亮話

Chinese
to open; to switch on
 
skylight; hatchway; cupola
skylight; hatchway; cupola; crack at the top of a cave or cliff that lets in light
 to speak; to say; persuade (politically) blunt words; direct language
trad. (打開天窗說亮話) 打開 天窗 說 亮話
simp. (打开天窗说亮话) 打开 天窗 说 亮话
Literally: “to open the skylight to say candid words”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dǎkāi tiānchuāng shuō liànghuà
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄎㄞ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄨㄤ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): daa2 hoi1 tin1 coeng1 syut3 loeng6 waa6
  • Wu (Wugniu)
    • (Northern): 5tan-khe 1thi-tshaon 7seq 6lian-gho
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎkāi tiānchuāng shuō liànghuà
      • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄎㄞ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄨㄤ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎkai tianchuang shuo liànghuà
      • Wade–Giles: ta3-kʻai1 tʻien1-chʻuang1 shuo1 liang4-hua4
      • Yale: dǎ-kāi tyān-chwāng shwō lyàng-hwà
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daakai tianchuang shuo lianqhuah
      • Palladius: дакай тяньчуан шо лянхуа (dakaj tjanʹčuan šo ljanxua)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
  • Cantonese
  • Wu
    • (Shanghai):
      • Wugniu: 5tan-khe 1thi-tshaon 7seq 6lian-gho
      • MiniDict: tan去 khe thi平 tshaon seh入 lian去 gho
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 2tan-khe 1thi-tshaan 4seq 3lian-hho
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tã³³ kʰe³³  tʰi⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑ̃³³  səʔ⁴⁴  liã²² ɦo⁴⁴/

Idiom

打開天窗說亮話

  1. (figurative) to speak candidly; to not beat around the bush
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