明目张胆 (míng mù zhāng dǎn) — brazenly; flagrantly; openly (doing something bad)
Definition
An adverbial idiom meaning 'brazenly, in broad daylight' — used for openly shameless wrongdoing, stronger and more literary than 公开 (openly), which is neutral.
brazenlyflagrantlyopenly (doing something bad)
Examples
- 明目张胆。Tā míng mù zhāng dǎn dì tān wū le gōng kuǎn.He brazenly embezzled public funds.
- 明目张胆。Zhè xiē guān yuán míng mù zhāng dǎn dì jìn xíng quán qián jiāo yì.These officials brazenly engaged in power-money trades.
- 明目张胆。Tā jū rán míng mù zhāng dǎn dì zài kǎo chǎng zuò bì.He actually brazenly cheated in the exam.
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