开门见山

kāi mén jiàn shān

to come straight to the point

Character by character

开kāi
open

门mén
the door

见jiàn
see

山shān
the mountain

我就开门见山地说吧：这个计划不可行。

Let me come straight to the point: this plan will not work.

Tone: positive (praise).

Learn this in Lesson 108 · HSK 7–9: 怎样把道理讲清楚 (Building an argument)

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