老实巴交 in English lao3 shi5 ba1 jiao1 Meaning

Meanings

• (informally) docile
• well-behaved
• biddable

Pinyin

lao3 shi5 ba1 jiao1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

老lao3prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 实shi2real 巴ba1Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan) 交jiao1to hand over