开诚

开

開

ka̅i

诚

誠

chéng

to be honest / to show sincerity

Characters and words in 开诚

开

開

ka̅i = k + ai1

to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

开 = 一 + 廾 : A bottle opener. Karl Marx is sitting in front of the airplane, begging for money. He's playing a flute and has his bottle opener ready for the next beer, but unfortunately, he'll be carried away, his hands cuffed, soon.

诚

誠

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

sincere / authentic / really / truly

诚 = 成 + 讠 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) wants to visit engine, but he's held up at the entrance ((e)ng2). If he wants to enter he has to pass a lie detector test first. He readily takes the test and answers all questions very honestly (诚), and the progress bar mounted on top of an advertising column (讠) shows steady progress. At the very end however the progress bar is stuck at 99% (成) and won't progress regardless of how honest (诚) Charlie answers his questions.

Words with 开诚

开

開

ka̅i

诚

誠

chéng

布

bù

公

go̅ng

lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom); frank and open-minded / plain speaking / Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves. / to put one's cards on the table

开

開

ka̅i

诚

誠

chéng

布

佈

bù

公

go̅ng

variant of 開誠布公|开诚布公[kai1 cheng2 bu4 gong1]