东窗事发 — Chinese idiom
东窗事发
dōng chuāng shì fā
Traditional: 東窗事發
Meaning
- (of a plot etc) to be exposed
- to come to light
Character by character
- 东dōngeast, eastern, eastward
- 窗chuāngwindow
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, inci
- 发fāto issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
Idioms sharing a character
- 付之东流 fù zhī dōng liú
- 只欠东风 zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
- 各奔东西 gè bèn dōng xī
- 拆东补西 chāi dōng bǔ xī
- 东倒西歪 dōng dǎo xī wāi
- 东兔西乌 dōng tù xī wū
- 东奔西走 dōng bēn xī zǒu
- 东奔西跑 dōng bēn xī pǎo
- 东山再起 dōng shān zài qǐ
- 东张西望 dōng zhāng xī wàng
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