"to acknowledge frankly" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
坦言	tǎn yán	to say candidly / to acknowledge frankly

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
承认承認	chéng rèn	to admit / to concede / to recognize / recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc) / to acknowledge	syn
说实话說實話	shuō shí huà	to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly
认同認同	rèn tóng	to approve of / to endorse / to acknowledge / to recognize / to identify oneself with	syn
认错認錯	rèn cuò	to admit an error / to acknowledge one's mistake	syn
开诚布公開誠布公	kāi chéng bù gōng	lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom) / frank and open-minded / plain speaking / Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves. / to put one's cards on the table	syn
不理	bù lǐ	to refuse to acknowledge / to pay no attention to / to take no notice of / to ignore
臣服	chén fú	to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime) / to serve	syn
直白	zhí bái	to speak frankly / frank / open / blunt	syn
耍赖耍賴	shuǎ lài	to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened	syn
不买账不買賬	bù mǎi zhàng	not to acknowledge sb as senior or superior / not to believe sth / don't buy it (slang)
答理	dā li	(usu. used in the negative) to acknowledge (sb's greeting etc) / to respond / to answer	syn
侃侃而谈侃侃而談	kǎn kǎn ér tán	to speak frankly with assurance	syn
承运承運	chéng yùn	to provide transport / to accept the Mandate of Heaven / to acknowledge one's calling to be emperor
承兑承兌	chéng duì	(commerce) to accept (i.e. acknowledge as calling for payment) / to honor (a check, a promise)
自认自認	zì rèn	to believe (sth in relation to oneself) / to regard oneself as / to acknowledge (sth in relation to oneself) / to resign oneself to
说白了說白了	shuō bái le	to speak frankly	syn
相认相認	xiāng rèn	to know each other / to recognize / to identify / to acknowledge (an old relationship)
认亲認親	rèn qīn	to acknowledge sb as one's relative / to acknowledge kinship / (old) to visit new in-laws after a marriage
拜	bài	to bow to / to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)	syn
认账認賬	rèn zhàng	to own up to a fault / to admit the truth / to acknowledge a debt	syn
认贼作父認賊作父	rèn zéi zuò fù	lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom) / fig. a complete betrayal / to sell oneself to the enemy	syn
买帐買帳	mǎi zhàng	to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative) / to accept (a version of events) / to buy it	syn
故步自封	gù bù zì fēng	stuck in the old ways (idiom) / refusing to acknowledge new ideas / stagnating and conservative	syn
诤諍	zhèng	to admonish / to warn sb of their errors / to criticize frankly / Taiwan pr. [zheng1]	syn
服软服軟	fú ruǎn	to admit defeat / to give in / to acknowledge a mistake / to apologize / to be amenable to persuasion	syn
鸵鸟政策鴕鳥政策	tuó niǎo zhèng cè	ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger)
直谏直諫	zhí jiàn	to admonish sb frankly / direct criticism
诤臣諍臣	zhèng chén	official who dares speak frankly before the emperor
诤谏諍諫	zhèng jiàn	to criticize frankly / to admonish
小钢炮小鋼砲	xiǎo gāng pào	(coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar / (fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly / hot hatch (car) / (also used figuratively with various meanings in other contexts)
一家人不说两家话一家人不說兩家話	yī jiā rén bù shuō liǎng jiā huà	lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise)
受礼受禮	shòu lǐ	to accept a gift / to acknowledge greetings
懒得搭理懶得搭理	lǎn de dā lǐ	not wishing to acknowledge sb / unwilling to respond
拜人为师拜人為師	bài rén wéi shī	to acknowledge as one's teacher
知过改过知過改過	zhī guò gǎi guò	to acknowledge one's faults and correct them (idiom)
告知收到		acknowledge

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"to acknowledge frankly" Chinese-English Dictionary

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