丑话说在前头

Traditional form:

醜話說在前頭

Pinyin (reading):

chǒuhuàshuōzàiqiántou

Definitions:

• let's talk about the unpleasant things first; let's be frank

Characters:

• 丑 - ugly; shameful; comedian, clown
• 话 - talk, speech; language, dialect
• 说 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 前 - in front, forward; former, preceding
• 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top

Traditional characters:

• 醜 - ugly; shameful; comedian, clown
• 話 - talk, speech; language, dialect
• 說 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 前 - in front, forward; former, preceding
• 頭 - head; chief, boss; first, top