4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 405

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This feature highlights the idiom 「心直口快」, with its meaning and examples shown below.

He is straightforward and speaks his mind.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xīn zhí kǒu kuài

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sam1 jik6 hau2 faai3

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