开门见山 meaning in English

kāiménjiànshān

lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)

Traditional 開門見山14 strokes

Meaning of 开门见山

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kāiménjiànshān
  1. lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)

开门见山 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men就jiù开kāi门mén见jiàn山shān吧ba!我wǒ怀huái孕yùn了le,而ér你nǐ就jiù是shì孩hái子zi他tā爸bà。
Let's not beat around the bush! I'm pregnant, and you're the baby's father.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

门 mén · gate · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

见 jiàn · to see · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

山 shān · mountain · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 开门见山.

再见zàijiàngoodbye; see you again later
看见kànjiànto see; to catch sight of
打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket)
开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
开车kāichēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok
听见tīngjiànto hear
见面jiànmiànto meet; to see each other
门口ménkǒudoorway; gate
开会kāihuìto hold or attend a meeting
门票ménpiàoticket (for theater, cinema etc)
离开líkāito depart; to leave
见到jiàndàoto see

Questions about 开门见山

What does 开门见山 mean?

开门见山 (kāiménjiànshān) means "lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)".

How do you write 开门见山?

开门见山 is made of 4 characters: 开 (4 strokes), 门 (3 strokes), 见 (4 strokes), 山 (3 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

How is 开门见山 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 开门见山 is written 開門見山.