说实话

shuō shí huà · shuo shi hua

Traditional 說實話

Meaning

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  1. to speak the truth
  2. truth to tell
  3. frankly

In a sentence

2 examples
01

说(shuō)实(shí)话(huà),这(zhè)对(duì)我(wǒ)来(lái)说(shuō)有(yǒu)点(diǎn)太(tài)辣(là)了(le)。

To tell you the truth, this is a little too spicy for me.

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

说(shuō)实(shí)话(huà),我(wǒ)以(yǐ)前(qián)没(méi)听(tīng)说(shuō)过(guò)这(zhè)个(ge)地(dì)方(fang)。

To be honest, I've never heard of this place before.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sysko · English by SHamp · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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