水落石出

shuǐ luò shí chū

HSK 7

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Meaning 释义

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

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In real sentences 真实例句

事情shìqing很hěn快kuài就jiù被bèi查chá了le个gè水落石出shuǐluòshíchū。

The matter was quickly uncovered.

Tatoeba #13893570

公司gōngsī的de职员zhíyuán设法shèfǎ隐瞒yǐnmán，但dàn真相zhēnxiàng不久bùjiǔ便biàn水落石出shuǐluòshíchū了le。

The staff at the company tried to cover up the truth, but soon it came to light.

Tatoeba #358988

Example sentences: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR

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