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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

开门见山 [kāiménjiànshān]
  1. 1. get straight to the point
    我写文章喜欢开门见山。
    When I write essays I like to get straight to the point.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

开门见山 [kāiménjiànshān]
  1. 1. [Chinese idiom] come straight to the point
    他说话喜欢开门见山，不绕弯子。
    He likes to speak candidly, and not beat about the bush.
    开门见山的写作方法让人觉得清晰明朗。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

开门见山 [kāiménjiànshān]
  1. 1. 比喻说话、写文章直截了当,一开始就点明正题。
See more results for 开门见山 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

他说话喜欢开门见山，不绕弯子。
He likes to speak candidly, and not beat about the bush. → 开门见山
开门见山的写作方法让人觉得清晰明朗。 → 开门见山
我写文章喜欢开门见山。
When I write essays I like to get straight to the point. → 开门见山
开门见山，爽然直言 → 爽然
免了这些虚词,你就开门见山讲实话吧! → 虚词
开门见山,直接进入正题。 → 正题

Word Decomposition

开
[kāi] 		+ 门
[mén] 		+ 见
[jiàn] 		+ 山
[shān]

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