率直 (shuài zhí) — straightforward, blunt, candid

Definition

率直 describes a person's character or attitude as frank and direct — saying what they think without softening it, often with a blunt edge. Carries a more personal, character-trait feel than purely neutral 'direct'.

adjective
straightforwardbluntcandid

Examples

  • 率直，。
    Tā xìng gé shuài zhí, shuō huà cóng bù guǎi wān.
    He is straightforward and never beats around the bush when speaking.
  • 率直，。
    Wǒ xǐ huan tā shuài zhí de tài dù, yǒu shén me shuō shén me.
    I like her candid attitude — she says whatever she thinks.
  • 率直，。
    Suī rán tā de huà hěn shuài zhí, dàn dōu shì wèi le wǒ hǎo.
    Although his words were blunt, they were all for my own good.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

率lǜcandid
直zhístraight

“率” and “直” both express candid straightness.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

率 was drawn as a bird-catching net, with a stick above and below. In the form described, the lower horizontal stroke is missing, so the whole shape represents a rope.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The earliest form of 直 pairs 目, an eye, with an unclear stroke 丨.

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