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English

1. to speak forthrightly
2. to talk bluntly
3. to speak frankly; to state outright; not to mince one's wordsunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 直接咁講出心底嘅意思，唔轉彎抹角，亦都唔隱晦unreviewed?

Examples

• 恕我直言：你犯了一个错。

  Forgive me for being frank. You have erred.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 恕我直言，你去年不也这么说过？

  Not to be rude, but didn't you say that last year?

  Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY

• 公众终于对关于空气污染的意见直言不讳了。

  Public feeling against air pollution has at last become vocal.

  Tatoeba · jimmy9pints CC BY

• unreviewed?

  直言不諱

  to speak without reservation

• unreviewed?

  恕我直言。

  Excuse me for speaking bluntly.