(lǎo shí) - honest, frank, well-behaved in Mandarin
lǎoshíTraditional: 老實
Translation
honest, frank, well-behaved
Word origin
A compound of 老 (lǎo, old) and 实 (shí, solid or true), describing someone steady, plain, and truthful.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 老 (lǎo, old) + 实 (shí, true)
Stroke order
老
实
Examples
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He is an honest person.
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Honestly, I don't like this.
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This child is very well-behaved.
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Tell me honestly what happened.
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He is too honest and easily taken advantage of.
老实 (lǎo shí) describes someone honest, frank, and unpretentious, and of a child well-behaved. It can carry a faint hint of being naive or too trusting.
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