be perfectly open in all one 's actions
Open and aboveboard, a Chinese idiom, pronounced Gu ā NGM í NGL ě ilu ò, means to describe a person's behavior is honest and frank, without privacy, ambiguous and hidden. It comes from the book of Jin Shi Le Zai Ji Xia.
Analysis of Idioms
Be frank; be malicious
Idiom usage
He is an open and aboveboard young master, who is respected by the people of heaven. Pu Songling's Liao Zhai Zhi Yi Nie Xiaoqian in Qing Dynasty
The origin of Idioms
In the book of Jin, you le Zai Ji Xia: "when a man acts, he should be as bright as the sun and the moon." Zhu Xi's Zhu Zi Yu Lei (volume 74) of Song Dynasty: "for example, people who are open and aboveboard are good people, and those who are dim and confused are not good people."
be perfectly open in all one 's actions
The last trick of carving insects - diāo chóng mò jì
relatives from the various branches of the family - wǔ qīn liù juàn
All the people swear at each other - zhòng kǒu jiāo lì
speak carelessly , rapidly , voluminously like the outflow of river water when the sluice gates are opened - xìn kǒu kāi hē