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直言 meaning in English

zhíyán

to speak forthrightly; to talk bluntly

15 strokes

Meaning of 直言

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhíyán
  1. to speak forthrightly
  2. to talk bluntly

直言 in example sentences

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

恕shù我wǒ直zhí言yán：你nǐ犯fàn了le一yí个gè错cuò。
Forgive me for being frank. You have erred.
恕shù我wǒ直zhí言yán，你nǐ去qù年nián不bù也yě这zhè么me说shuō过guò？
Not to be rude, but didn't you say that last year?
公gōng众zhòng终zhōng于yú对duì关guān于yú空kōng气qì污wū染rǎn的de意yì见jiàn直zhí言yán不bù讳huì了le。
Public feeling against air pollution has at last become vocal.

Stroke order for each character

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直 zhí · straight · 8 strokes

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言 yán · words · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 直言.

一直yīzhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
直接zhíjiēdirectly; direct
语言yǔyánlanguage
直到zhídàountil
简直jiǎnzhísimply; really
直播zhíbō(TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast
发言fāyánto make a speech; statement
言语yányǔwords; speech
直线zhíxiànstraight line; sharply (rise or fall)
留言liúyánto leave a message; to leave one's comments; message
直升机zhíshēngjīhelicopter
传言chuányánrumor; hearsay

Questions about 直言

What does 直言 mean?

直言 (zhíyán) means "to speak forthrightly; to talk bluntly".

How do you write 直言?

直言 is made of 2 characters: 直 (8 strokes), 言 (7 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.