quang minh chính đại

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 光明正大.

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwaːŋ˧˧ mïŋ˧˧ t͡ɕïŋ˧˦ ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kwaːŋ˧˧ mɨn˧˧ t͡ɕɨn˦˧˥ ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [waːŋ˧˧ mɨn˧˧ cɨn˦˥ ʔɗaːj˨˩˨]

Idiom

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quang minh chính đại

  1. high-principled; open and aboveboard; just and honorable; frank and righteous; without artifice