浮出水面 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to float up ; to become evident
• to surface
• to appear

Character by character

• 浮fúto drift, to float; mobile, temporary, unstable; r
• 出chūto go out, to send out; stand; produce
• 水shuǐwater, liquid, lotion, juice
• 面miànface; surface, side; plane, dimension

Idioms sharing a character

• 人浮于事 rén fú yú shì
• 浮光掠影 fú guāng lüè yǐng
• 浮家泛宅 fú jiā fàn zhái
• 浮云朝露 fú yún zhāo lù
• 轻浪浮薄 qīng làng fú bó
• 仓皇出逃 cāng huáng chū táo
• 倾巢而出 qīng cháo ér chū
• 出乎意外 chū hū yì wài
• 出乎意料 chū hū yì liào
• 出乎预料 chū hū yù liào

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