开诚布公

Traditional form:

開誠佈公

Pinyin (reading):

kāichéngbùgōng

Definitions:

• variant of 開誠布公／开诚布公 (kāichéngbùgōng)

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 诚 - honest, sincere, true; actually, really
• 布 - cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread
• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 誠 - honest, sincere, true; actually, really
• 佈 - to spread, to publicize, to announce
• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke