speak frankly and sincerely
To be honest is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Tu ī ch é NGB ù g ō ng, which means to treat people with sincerity, frankness and selflessness. It comes from the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Shu annals, biography of Zhuge Liang, commentary.
The origin of Idioms
"ZHUGE Liang was the Prime Minister of the state, pacifying the people, showing the rituals, appointing officials, following the power system, being open-minded, and giving justice," according to the biography of Zhuge Liang in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Shu annals
Idiom usage
Zhang Xiaoruo's biography of Mr. Zhang Jizhi: "for today's plan, only the Mongolian and Han people can work together, be honest and open, and combine Republican politics."
Chinese PinYin : tuī chéng bù gōng
speak frankly and sincerely
be cut by knife and boiled in a cauldron. dāo jù dǐng huò
a good swimmer often gets drowned. shàn yóu zhě nì