# 光明磊落 (guāngmínglěiluò)

In Mandarin Chinese, 光明磊落 (guāngmínglěiluò) means “open and aboveboard; upright and candid”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: open and aboveboard; upright and candid
- Pinyin: guāngmínglěiluò (guang1 ming2 lei3 luo4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他做事一向光明磊落。
  Tā zuòshì yíxiàng guāngmíng lěiluò.
  He always acts in an open and aboveboard manner.

## Characters

- [光](https://hanziro.com/word/guang-light/) (guāng): light; only, merely
- 明 (míng): bright; opposite: dark 暗
- 磊 (lěi): lumpy; rock pile
- [落](https://hanziro.com/word/luo-fall/) (luò): to fall; to drop

https://hanziro.com/word/guang-ming-lei-luo-open-and-aboveboard/

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