快人快语

快人快語

kuàirén-kuàiyǔ

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Meanings

HSK 2

真是快人快语，我就喜欢你这样的朋友。

Zhēnshì kuàirén-kuàiyǔ, wǒ jiù xǐhuan nǐ zhèyàng de péngyǒu.

Truly forthright and frank - I like friends like you.

HSK 7-9

老王快人快语，从不拐弯抹角。

Lǎo Wáng kuàirén-kuàiyǔ, cóngbù guǎiwān-mòjiǎo.

Old Wang is a plain-spoken man - he never beats around the bush.

history

Echoes the Song-dynasty 《景德传灯录》 adage 快马一鞭，快人一言 - 'a swift horse needs one stroke of the whip; a forthright person, one word.'

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