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What does 坦言 mean?

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坦言 tǎnyán

to say frankly; to admit candidly

Its characters

  1. 坦 tǎn candid
  2. 言 yán to say

In a sentence

她坦言自己当时非常紧张。 She admitted frankly that she was very nervous at the time.

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