跌宕昭彰
diē dàng zhāo zhāng
Pinyin
Definition
跌宕昭彰
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- flowing (of prose)
- free
Character Decomposition
Idioms (8)
司马昭之心路人皆知
- 1 lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)
- 2 fig. an open secret
彰善瘅恶
- 1 to distinguish good and evil (idiom); to uphold virtue and condemn evil
- 2 to praise good and expose vice
恶名昭著
- 1 notorious (idiom)
- 2 infamous
欲盖弥彰
- 1 trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.
相得益彰
- 1 to bring out the best in each other (idiom)
- 2 to complement one another well