To be honest
To put it bluntly, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh è ngs è zh í y á n, which means serious attitude, upright language, can make people fear. From the book of Jin, biography of Wang Gong.
The origin of Idioms
"Jin Shu · Wang Gong Zhuan:" Gong every straight, Daozi deep fear and anger
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive.
To be honest
The warbler is jealous of the swallow - yīng cāi yàn dù
distinguished from the common run - yòng zhōng jiǎo jiǎo