开诚布公
Traditional form:
開誠布公
Pinyin (reading):
kāichéngbùgōng
Definitions:
- lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom); frank and open-minded
- plain speaking
- Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves.
- to put one's cards on the table
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
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