坦白 (tǎn bái) — (adjective) honest, forthcoming; (verb) to confess

Definición

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

Ejemplos

  • 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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