拆穿
chāi chuān
Pinyin

Definition

拆穿
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chāi chuān
  1. to expose
  2. to unmask
  3. to see through (a lie etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

穿
chuān
  1. 1 to wear
  2. 2 to put on
  3. 3 to dress
  4. 4 to bore through
  5. 5 to pierce
  6. 6 to perforate
  7. 7 to penetrate
  8. 8 to pass through
  9. 9 to thread
穿越
chuān yuè
  1. 1 to pass through
  2. 2 to traverse
  3. 3 to cross
拆
chāi
  1. 1 to tear open
  2. 2 to tear down
  3. 3 to tear apart
  4. 4 to open
拆迁
chāi qiān
  1. 1 to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
拆开
chāi kāi
  1. 1 to dismantle
  2. 2 to disassemble
  3. 3 to open up (sth sealed)
  4. 4 to unpick

Idioms (20)

一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
  1. 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
光脚的不怕穿鞋的
guāng jiǎo de bù pà chuān xié de
  1. 1 lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power
妄生穿凿
wàng shēng chuān záo
  1. 1 a forced analogy (idiom); to jump to an unwarranted conclusion
宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚
níng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huì yī zhuāng hūn
  1. 1 rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)
户限为穿
hù xiàn wèi chuān
  1. 1 an endless stream of visitors (idiom)

Sample Sentences

人生已经很艰难了很困难了，有的事情就不要去拆穿了。
rénshēng yǐjīng hěn jiānnán le hěn kùnnan le ，yǒude shìqing jiù bù yào qù chāichuān le 。
If a person's situation is already difficult and troubled, and they have a problem, then one shouldn't expose it.
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