坦白
tǎn bái
Pinyin

Definition

坦白
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tǎn bái
  1. honest
  2. forthcoming
  3. to confess

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

明白
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
白
Bái
  1. 1 surname Bai
白天
bái tiān
  1. 1 daytime
  2. 2 during the day
  3. 3 day
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
白羊座
Bái yáng zuò
  1. 1 Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
白色
bái sè
  1. 1 white
  2. 2 fig. reactionary
  3. 3 anti-communist
伊丽莎白
Yī lì shā bái
  1. 1 Elizabeth (person name)
告白
gào bái
  1. 1 to announce publicly
  2. 2 to explain oneself
  3. 3 to reveal one's feelings
  4. 4 to confess
  5. 5 to declare one's love
坦克
tǎn kè
  1. 1 tank (military vehicle) (loanword)
坦然
tǎn rán
  1. 1 calm
  2. 2 undisturbed
坦率
tǎn shuài
  1. 1 frank (discussion)
  2. 2 blunt
  3. 3 open
坦白
tǎn bái
  1. 1 honest
  2. 2 forthcoming
  3. 3 to confess
坦荡
tǎn dàng
  1. 1 magnanimous
  2. 2 broad and level
坦言
tǎn yán
  1. 1 to say candidly
  2. 2 to acknowledge frankly
坦诚
tǎn chéng
  1. 1 candid
  2. 2 frank
  3. 3 plain dealing
大白天
dà bái tiān
  1. 1 broad daylight
大白菜
dà bái cài
  1. 1 bok choy
  2. 2 Chinese cabbage
  3. 3 Brassica pekinensis
  4. 4 CL:棵[kē]
太白
Tài bái
  1. 1 Taibai County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bǎo jī], Shaanxi
  2. 2 Venus
对白
duì bái
  1. 1 dialogue (in a movie or a play)
巴基斯坦
Bā jī sī tǎn
  1. 1 Pakistan
平坦
píng tǎn
  1. 1 level
  2. 2 even
  3. 3 smooth
  4. 4 flat

Idioms (20)

一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
  1. 1 as bright as daylight (idiom)
唱白脸
chàng bái liǎn
  1. 1 to play the role of the villain (idiom)
恶叉白赖
è chā bái lài
  1. 1 evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy
放着明白装糊涂
fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu
  1. 1 to pretend not to know (idiom)
数黑论白
shǔ hēi lùn bái
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
  2. 2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
求学无坦途
qiú xué wú tǎn tú
  1. 1 The path of learning can never be smooth.
  2. 2 There is no royal road to learning. (idiom)
白旄黄钺
bái máo huáng yuè
  1. 1 white banner and yellow battle-ax (idiom); refers to military expedition
白眉赤眼
bái méi chì yǎn
  1. 1 for no reason (idiom)
白苋紫茄
bái xiàn zǐ qié
  1. 1 white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle
白衣苍狗
bái yī cāng gǒu
  1. 1 lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
白费唇舌
bái fèi chún shé
  1. 1 to whistle down the wind
  2. 2 to waste one's breath (idiom)
白云苍狗
bái yún cāng gǒu
  1. 1 lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
白面书生
bái miàn shū shēng
  1. 1 lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears
白头偕老
bái tóu xié lǎo
  1. 1 (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss
  2. 2 until death do us part
白头到老
bái tóu dào lǎo
  1. 1 (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss
  2. 2 until death do us part
白首齐眉
bái shǒu qí méi
  1. 1 (of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom)

Sample Sentences

坦白说，你们的商品质量太低了，我不想和你们一起合作。
tǎnbáishuō ，nǐmen de shāngpǐn zhìliàng tài dī le ，wǒ bùxiǎng hé nǐmen yīqǐ hézuò 。
Frankly speaking, your products are not up to standards. I wouldn’t like to cooperate with you.
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能坦白说吗？
néng tǎnbáishuō ma ？
Can I be frank with you?
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坦白说，我有不同的看法。
tǎnbáishuō ，wǒ yǒu bùtóng de kànfǎ 。
Frankly speaking, I share a different opinion.
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坦白说，我觉得他没办法胜任这份工作。
tǎnbái shuō ，wǒ juéde tā méi bànfǎ shèngrèn zhè fèn gōngzuò 。
Frankly speaking, I don't think he is qualified for this job.
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坦白
tǎnbái
honest; frank
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我要向你坦白一件事，其实我不是你的亲生妈妈。
wǒ yào xiàng nǐ tǎnbái yī jiàn shì ，qíshí wǒ búshi nǐ de qīnshēng māma 。
I have to confess to you that I am actually not your biological mother.
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我想和你坦白一件事，我刚不小心摔了你的手机。
wǒ xiǎng hé nǐ tǎnbái yī jiàn shì ，wǒ gāng bù xiǎoxīn shuāi le nǐ de shǒujī 。
I want to confess to you that I just accidentally dropped your phone.
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坦白从宽。
tǎnbái cóngkuān 。
Leniency to those who confess.
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我可以理解，坦白说，如果在事业上升期，我也不想因为孩子的出生而影响事业发展，从而降低生活质量。
wǒ kěyǐ lǐjiě ，tǎnbái shuō ，rúguǒ zài shìyè shàngshēng qī ，wǒ yě bù xiǎng yīnwèi háizi de chūshēng ér yǐngxiǎng shìyè fāzhǎn ，cóngér jiàngdī shēnghuó zhìliang 。
I can understand, to be honest. If you're at a point in your career where a promotion is on the cards, I wouldn't want to have my career development affected by giving birth to a child either, and then see a reduction in my quality of life.
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白羊座就像年幼的孩子一样，真情流露、坦白、开放，但也十分自我中心和孩子气。她们很善良，不会利用朋友，但是最大的缺点是爱面子，永远不会承认错误。
báiyángzuò jiù xiàng niányòu de háizi yīyàng ，zhēnqíngliúlù 、tǎnbái 、kāifàng ，dàn yě shífēn zìwǒzhōngxīn hé háiziqì 。tāmen hěn shànliáng ，bùhuì lìyòng péngyou ，dànshì zuìdà de quēdiǎn shì àimiànzi ，yǒngyuǎn bùhuì chéngrèn cuòwù 。
Aries are like little children - revealing their true feelings, frank and open. However, they are also selfish and childish. They are very kind and won't take advantage of their friends, but their biggest fault is their love of face. They can never admit that they've made a mistake.
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