揭穿
jiē chuān
Pinyin

Definition

揭穿
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jiē chuān
  1. to expose
  2. to uncover

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
chuān yuè
  1. 1 to pass through
  2. 2 to traverse
  3. 3 to cross
jiē
  1. 1 to take the lid off
  2. 2 to expose
  3. 3 to unmask
jiē xiǎo
  1. 1 to announce publicly
  2. 2 to publish
  3. 3 to make known
  4. 4 to disclose
jiē mì
  1. 1 to unmask
  2. 2 to uncover the secret

Idioms (20)

一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
  1. 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
三天不打,上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (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