原形毕露 (原形畢露)
yuán xíng bì lù
Pinyin

Definition

原形毕露 (原形畢露)
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yuán xíng bì lù
  1. original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

原
Yuán
  1. 1 Hara (Japanese surname)
原来
yuán lái
  1. 1 original
  2. 2 former
  3. 3 originally
  4. 4 formerly
  5. 5 at first
  6. 6 so, actually, as it turns out
原因
yuán yīn
  1. 1 cause
  2. 2 origin
  3. 3 root cause
  4. 4 reason
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
原文
yuán wén
  1. 1 original text
原本
yuán běn
  1. 1 originally
  2. 2 original

Idioms (20)

不显山不露水
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生朝露
rén shēng zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
凶相毕露
xiōng xiàng bì lù
  1. 1 show one's ferocious appearance (idiom); the atrocious features revealed
  2. 2 with fangs bared
初露头角
chū lù tóu jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent
  2. 2 first sign of emerging talent
  3. 3 budding genius

Sample Sentences

原形毕露了吧，嗨，福布斯榜上有名又怎么样呢，没文化真可怕。知识是要内化的，现在可好，都成了快餐式文化，不求甚解。
yuánxíngbìlù le ba ，hāi ，fúbùsī bǎng shàng yǒumíng yòu zěnmeyàng ne ，méi wénhuà zhēn kěpà 。zhīshi shì yào nèihuà de ，xiànzài kě hǎo ，dōu chéng le kuàicān shì wénhuà ，bùqiúshènjiě 。
Ah, and so your true colors are emerging. Hmph, what's so great about being listed in the Forbes list. Without culture it would be really horrific. Knowledge needs to be internalized. Nowadays isn't it just great, we've almost all bought into fast-food style cultural consumption, without any attempt at a deeper understanding.
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