露出马脚

Traditional: 露出馬腳

lù chū mǎ jiǎo

Dictionary entry

to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature

What does 露出马脚 mean?

露出马脚 (lù chū mǎ jiǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature

2to give the game away

Character breakdown

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露Lùsurname Lu 出chūto go out; to come out · to arise; to occur 马Mǎsurname Ma · abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]脚jiǎofoot · leg (of an animal or an object)

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