坦白 (tǎn bái) — (adjective) honest, forthcoming; (verb) to confess
Definition
坦白 works as both an adjective ('honest, forthcoming') and a verb ('to confess'); as a verb it usually takes a crime or mistake as object, closer in feel to 交代 than to the purely descriptive 坦率 / 坦诚.
adjective
honestforthcoming
verb
to confess
Examples
- 坦白，。Tā hěn tǎn bái, cóng bù yǐn mán zì jǐ de cuò wù.He is very honest and never hides his mistakes.
- ，坦白。Zài fǎ tíng shàng, tā tǎn bái le suǒ yǒu zuì xíng.In court, he confessed to all the crimes.
- 坦白，。tǎn bái Dì shuō, wǒ bù xǐ huan zhè ge jì huà.To be honest, I don't like this plan.
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