直接了当

Traditional form:

直接了當

Pinyin (reading):

zhíjiēliǎodàng

Definitions:

• see 直截了當／直截了当 (zhíjiéliǎodàng)

Characters:

• 直 - straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
• 接 - to connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone
• 了 - clear; to finish; particle of completed action
• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells

Traditional characters:

• 直 - straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
• 接 - to connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone
• 了 - clear; to finish; particle of completed action
• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells