老实 lǎo shi honest; sincerewell-behavednaive; gullible Example sentences 老实说,这件事不是你的错。 lǎoshí shuō, zhè jiàn shì bù shì nǐ de cuò. Honestly, this is not your fault 他以前不是一个老实人,做了一些违法的事情。 tā yǐqián bù shì yīgè lǎoshi rén, zuò le yī xiē wéifǎ de shìqing. He used to be a bad man, he did some illegal things