單刀直入

See also: 単刀直入

Chinese

		bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	knife	straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright	to enter
trad. (單刀直入)		單	刀	直	入
simp. (单刀直入)		单	刀	直	入
Literally: “to stab directly with a single knife”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāndāozhírù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄉㄠ ㄓˊ ㄖㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ dou¹ zik⁶ jap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāndāozhírù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄉㄠ ㄓˊ ㄖㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dandaojhíhrù
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-tao¹-chih²-ju⁴
    • Yale: dān-dāu-jŕ-rù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dandaujyrruh
    • Palladius: даньдаочжижу (danʹdaočžižu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʐu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ dou¹ zik⁶ jap⁶
    • Yale: dāan dōu jihk yahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ dou¹ dzik⁹ jap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ dou¹ jig⁶ yeb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚² jɐp̚²/

Idiom

單刀直入

1. to get straight to the point; to be straightforward