说白了

說白了

shuōbáile

phrase HSK 7-9

Meanings

说白了，他就是不想帮忙。

Shuōbáile, tā jiùshì bù xiǎng bāngmáng.

To put it bluntly, he just doesn't want to help.

说白了，这就是钱的问题。

Shuōbáile, zhè jiùshì qián de wèntí.

Frankly speaking, it's a money problem.

Colloquial and direct. Used to cut through euphemism and state something plainly, often with a slightly blunt or impatient tone.

memory

说 (speak) + 白 (clear/plain) + 了 — to have spoken it plainly, stripped of all pretense.

说 shuō

白 bái

了 le