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flat and plain; (of speech, action, etc.) straightforward

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zhí jié liǎo dàng

直 截 了 当

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flat and plain; (of speech, action, etc.) straightforward
- zhè shì gè méi rén yuàn yì jiě jué de zhí jié liǎo dàng de wèn tí
  这是个没人愿意解决的直截了当的问题。
  It's a problem which nobody is going to bust a gut trying to solve.
- wǒ xià jué xīn yào zhí jié liǎo dàng de wèn tā
  我下决心要直截了当地问他。
  I determined that I would ask him outright.
synonym
zhǎn dīng jié tiě斩钉截铁 kāi mén jiàn shān开门见山 zhí yán bù huì直言不讳 wú yōng huì yán毋庸讳言 dān dāo zhí rù单刀直入 kāi zōng míng yì开宗明义 zhí lái zhí qù直来直去 bǎi wú jìn jì百无禁忌 wú yōng huì yán无庸讳言 zhí shū jǐ jiàn直抒己见
antonym
guǎi wān mò jiǎo拐弯抹角 tuō ní dài shuǐ拖泥带水 páng qiāo cè jī旁敲侧击 zhuǎn wān mò jiǎo转弯抹角 zhǐ sāng mà huái指桑骂槐 hán hú qí cí含糊其辞 cáng tóu lù wěi藏头露尾 shǎn shuò qí cí闪烁其辞 zhī wú qí cí支吾其词 bàn tūn bàn tǔ半吞半吐 yǐn huì qū zhé隐晦曲折 yǐn yuē qí cí隐约其辞

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"直截了当" cannot be written as "直捷了当" or "直接了当".

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