供认不讳 (gōng) — to confess everything openly and without concealment; to make a full and complete admission (often in legal contexts)
Definition
A formal idiom meaning to confess everything openly with no attempt to hide it, most often in legal or investigative contexts. 讳 here means 'to conceal', not the homophone 忌讳 ('to avoid as taboo').
idiom
to confess everything openly and without concealmentto make a full and complete admission (often in legal contexts)
Examples
- ，供认不讳。Zài fǎ tíng shàng, tā duì zì jǐ de zuì xíng gōng.In court, he confessed his crimes without concealment.
- ，供认不讳，。Miàn duì jì zhě de zhì yí, tā gōng, chéng rèn le zì jǐ de shī wù.Facing the journalists' questions, he openly admitted to his mistake.
- ，供认不讳。Jīng guò shù xiǎo shí de shěn xùn, xián yí rén zuì zhōng gōng.After several hours of interrogation, the suspect finally confessed everything.
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