upright and outspoken

upright and outspoken

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch í zh è NGB ù, which means to uphold justice and decency, not to cater to flattery. It comes from fan Lian's copy of the cloud according to the eye.

The origin of Idioms

The first volume of fan Lian's Yunjian Jumu copy in the Ming Dynasty: "to discuss Zang's demotion and demotion in a peaceful house, we should be upright and not be arrogant; to make friends with others, we should not regard prosperity and decline as a threat."

Idiom usage

It's the same with you. Don't follow the promise. Feng Guifen's Gaofeng Xingshu in Qing Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: upright and unashamed [antonym]: flattery