新斧子劈木柴，明砍新斧子劈木柴，明砍新斧子劈木柴，明砍

a new axe chopping firewood: chops in the open (speaks frankly)

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Speaking plainly and openly, saying things out in the open.
Wordplay: 明 means both 'bright' (the shiny new axe) and 'open'; 砍 (kǎn, 'chop') sounds like 侃 (kǎn, 'chat, speak').

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Simplified: 新斧子劈木柴，明砍
Pinyin: xīn fǔzi pī mùchái, míng kǎn
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄣㄈㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄆㄧㄇㄨˋ ㄔㄞˊ，ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄢˇ

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

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