平铺直叙
Traditional form:
平鋪直敘
Pinyin (reading):
píngpūzhíxù
Definitions:
- (idiom) (neutral) to narrate in a plain, unaffected manner; (mildly critical) to recount events in a flat, colorless style
Characters:
- 平 - flat, level, even; peaceful
- 铺 - shop, store; bed, mattress
- 直 - straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
- 叙 - to express, to state; to relate, to narrate
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