直截了当 meaning in English
direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt; straightforward
Traditional 直截了當30 strokes
Meaning of 直截了当
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
zhíjiéliǎodàng
- direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt
- straightforward
直截了当 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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.
Stroke order for each character
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直 zhí · straight · 8 strokes
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截 jié · to cut off · 14 strokes
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了 le · completed action marker · 2 strokes
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当 dāng · to be · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 直截了当.
| 一直 | yīzhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
| 当时 | dāngshí | then; at that time |
| 直接 | zhíjiē | directly; direct |
| 当然 | dāngrán | only natural; as it should be |
| 为了 | wèile | for; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 直到 | zhídào | until |
| 除了 | chúle | apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 |
| 简直 | jiǎnzhí | simply; really |
| 相当 | xiāngdāng | equivalent to; appropriate |
| 当中 | dāngzhōng | among; in the middle |
| 当地 | dāngdì | local |
| 当初 | dāngchū | at that time; originally |
Questions about 直截了当
What does 直截了当 mean?
直截了当 (zhíjiéliǎodàng) means "direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt; straightforward".
How do you write 直截了当?
直截了当 is made of 4 characters: 直 (8 strokes), 截 (14 strokes), 了 (2 strokes), 当 (6 strokes). That is 30 strokes in total.
How is 直截了当 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 直截了当 is written 直截了當.