이실직고
Meanings
Noun
1. speaking out the truth as it is (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese)
Pronunciation
isiljikgo
Examples1
사초부인은 남편을 끝끝내 속일 수 없어 이실직고는 하였으나 설마 딸이 잡혀 오리라고는 꿈에도 생각하지 못하였다.
Lady Sach'o, unable to deceive her husband to the end, made a confession; but she hadn't foreseen a situation for her daughter to get caught up in it.