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to confess without being pressed · to make a confession without duress

不打自招
bù dǎ zì zhāo
b+ù·4th toned+ǎ·3rd tonez+ì·4th tonezh+āo·1st tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.欲盖弥彰yù gài mí zhāng(lit.) the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng 嬴政 by Jing Ke in 227 BC) (idiom) · (fig.) malicious intent suddenly becomes apparent图穷匕见tú qióng bǐ xiànto make a full confession; to plead guilty供认不讳gòng rèn bù huìto confess招供zhāo gòngto expose · to reveal · to lay bare · also pr. pù lù暴露bào lùoriginal identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth原形毕露yuán xíng bì lù
Antonyms
to obtain confessions under torture屈打成招qū dǎ chéng zhāoharboring unfathomable motives (idiom)居心叵测jū xīn pǒ cè
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