speak without reservation

speak without reservation

To be outspoken is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is zh í y á NW ú Hu ì, which means to speak straightforwardly without concealment. It comes from the first two chapters of Yanzi spring and Autumn Annals.

The origin of Idioms

According to the second chapter of Yanzi spring and Autumn Annals, it is said that "Yanzi xiangjinggong, who talked about people, saw the virtuous and became a scholar, which was different from the king's desire; saw the bad and abandoned, which was not the king's love; acted selflessly, and spoke frankly but without taboo."

Idiom usage

It can be used as predicate, attributive and adverbial; it can be used as an example to show that the officials have taken the initiative to steal the current affairs, so that they dare to be crazy. Biography of Liu Bo in the book of Jin

Analysis of Idioms

The near synonym is straightforward