shuǐ luò shí chū

HSK 7–9

水落石出 (shuǐ luò shí chū) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); fig. the truth comes to light”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom)
  2. 2fig. the truth comes to light

Characters in 水落石出

水shuǐ · water落là · to leave out石dàn · dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters出chū · to go out; to come out

Related words

出to go out; to come out出variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)出来to come out出来(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)出去to go out水water水surname Shui出现to appear出色remarkable; outstanding出发to set off演出to act (in a play)做出to put out

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