老實巴交

1. • docile

     coll.

2. • well-behaved
3. • biddable

Character by character

• 老(lǎo)prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
• 實(shi)real
• 巴(bā)Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty
• 交(jiāo)hand over