刀子刻碑，尽说石话刀子刻碑，儘說石話刀子刻碑，儘説石話

carving a stele with a knife: all stone words

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Said of someone who speaks only the truth, with nothing false.
Wordplay: 石 (shí, stone) sounds the same as 实 (shí, true), so 石话 puns on 实话, honest words.

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Simplified: 刀子刻碑，尽说石话
Traditional (Taiwan): 刀子刻碑，儘說石話
Traditional (Hong Kong): 刀子刻碑，儘説石話
Pinyin: dāozi kè bēi, jǐn shuō shí huà
Bopomofo: ㄉㄠ ˙ㄗㄎㄜˋ ㄅㄟ，ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄨㄛㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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