MEANING/意义
    老实
      
  • lǎo shi
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    naive; honest; sincere; well-behaved; open and guileless
    Type adjective/形容词  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 老实的老百姓
      
      
    lǎo shi de láo bǎi xìng
      
    sound for pinyin
    honest and frank civilians

  • 他为人忠厚老实。
      
      
    tā wéi rén zhōng hòu lǎo shí .
      
    sound for pinyin
    He is kindly and simple.
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 老实话
      
    lǎo shi huà
      
    sound for pinyin
    truth; honest words

  • 老实说
      
    lǎo shi shuō
      
    sound for pinyin
    be frank; honestly speaking

  • 老实巴交
      
    lǎo shi bā jiāo
      
    sound for pinyin
    well-behaved and cautious; (dialect)  honest and timid

  • 老实交代
      
    lǎo shi jiāo dài
      
    sound for pinyin
    to confess honestly

  • 老老实实
      
    láo lǎo shí shí
      
    sound for pinyin
    conscientiously; to behave oneself; (to act)  honestly

  • 说老实话
      
    shuō lǎo shi huà
      
    sound for pinyin
    to speak honest words; (used at the beginning of a sentence)  frankly speaking; ... (“Drink Wine“, by Li Bai, a famous poet in Tang Dynasty) 
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