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Home / Idiom / 庐山真面目

one's true colors · "What Lushan Mountain really looks like" · the truth about a person or matter

庐山真面目
lú shān zhēn miàn mù
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
the whole truth is revealed (idiom); everything becomes clear真相大白zhēn xiàng dà báisubstance · essence实质shí zhì(idiom) true colors; true features; original appearance本来面目běn lái miàn mù
Antonyms
to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) · (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably · to undergo a transformation改头换面gǎi tóu huàn miàn
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