水落石出

shuǐ luò shí chū

Dictionary entry

(lit.) as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom)

What does 水落石出 mean?

水落石出 (shuǐ luò shí chū) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom)

2(fig.) the truth comes to light

Character breakdown

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水Shuǐsurname Shui · Shui ethnic group 落làto leave out · to be missing 石Shísurname Shi · abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei 出chūto go out; to come out · to arise; to occur

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水落石出

shuǐ luò shí chū

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