坦白

/ tǎnbái /

Strokes

Definition

honest/forthcoming/to confess

Example

As an Adjective

frank; straightforward; candid; outspoken

Ràng

让

wǒ

我

tǎnbái

坦白

dì

地

gàosù

告诉

nǐ

你

let me tell you frankly; to be frank/candid with you; to tell you the truth

Tǎnbái

坦白

的

dáfù

答复

frank reply

As a Verb

confess; make a confession; own up (to)

Tǎnbái

坦白

cóngkuān

从宽

kàngjù

抗拒

cóngyán

从严

leniency to those who confess/acknowledge their crimes and severity to those who refuse to

Tǎnbái

坦白

zìshǒu

自首

surrender and confess (one's crime); give oneself up (to the police)

Tǎnbái

坦白

jiāodài

交代

zuìxíng

罪行

confess one's crime; make a confession of one's guilt; make a clean breast of one's crime