耿直 (gěng zhí) — honest, frank, candid (of a person or one's words)

Definition

Examples

• 他这个人很耿直，心里想什么就说什么。
  Tā zhè ge rén hěn gěng zhí, xīn lǐ xiǎng shén me jiù shuō shén me.
  He is a very candid person; he says whatever he thinks.
• 大家更愿意和耿直的人共事，因为不需要猜测对方的心思。
  Dà jiā gèng yuàn yì hé gěng zhí de rén gòng shì, yīn wèi bù xū yào cāi cè duì fāng de xīn si.
  People prefer to work with honest people because they don't need to guess what the other person is thinking.
• 耿直的人虽然容易得罪人，但也能赢得真正的尊重。
  gěng zhí De rén suī rán róng yì dé zuì rén, dàn yě néng yíng dé zhēn zhèng de zūn zhòng.
  Although straightforward people easily offend others, they can also win genuine respect.