call a spade a spade
Speaking frankly is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is zh í y á NW ù Hu ì, which means to speak frankly without hiding. It comes from the biography of Yi Qian in the history of Ming Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
In the biography of Yi Qian in the history of Ming Dynasty by Zhang Tingyu of Qing Dynasty, it is said that "you, the ministers, should not take the past as a warning. If you are not satisfied with the advantages and disadvantages of the country or the government's orders, you should not be outspoken."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate, attributive, or adverbial; used in writing.
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym]: to be outspoken, to be outspoken, to be outspoken
Chinese PinYin : zhí yán wù huì
call a spade a spade
destroy the old and establish the new. pò jiù lì xīn
To advocate the rule and the leaf. chāng tiáo yě yè