磊落

lěiluò

adjective #89,939

Meanings

HSK 6

做人就要光明磊落，有话当面说。

Zuòrén jiù yào guāngmíng lěiluò, yǒu huà dāngmiàn shuō.

Be open and aboveboard: if you have something to say, say it to people’s faces.

HSK 7-9

他为人磊落，从不在背后说人坏话。

Tā wéirén lěiluò, cóngbù zài bèihòu shuō rén huàihuà.

He is open and upright and never speaks ill of people behind their backs.

memory

磊 is three 石 ‘stones’ piled up in plain view: someone 磊落 has nothing hidden. The set phrase is 光明磊落.

磊 lěi

落 luò