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Home / Idiom / 暴露无遗

to lay bare · to come to light

暴露无遗
bào lù wú yí
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Synonyms
(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 xiànoriginal identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth原形毕露yuán xíng bì lù(lit.) as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) · (fig.) the truth comes to light水落石出shuǐ luò shí chūto expose · to reveal · to lay bare · also pr. pù lù暴露bào lù
Antonyms
lit. not one drop of water can leak out · watertight · rigorous (argument)滴水不漏dī shuǐ bù lòuto withhold information · to keep sth secret秘而不宣mì ér bù xuānto hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents · to hide one's light under a bushel深藏若虚shēn cáng ruò xū
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