原形毕露 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• original identity fully revealed ; fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth

Character by character

• 原yuánsource, origin, beginning
• 形xíngform, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
• 毕bìto finish, to conclude, to end; completed
• 露lùdew; leak; bare, exposed; to reveal, to show

Idioms sharing a character

• 原来如此 yuán lái rú cǐ
• 原封不动 yuán fēng bù dòng
• 问鼎中原 wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán
• 物归原主 wù guī yuán zhǔ
• 略迹原情 lüè jì yuán qíng
• 逐鹿中原 zhú lù Zhōng yuán
• 喜形于色 xǐ xíng yú sè
• 土木形骸 tǔ mù xíng hái
• 奇形怪状 qí xíng guài zhuàng
• 如影随形 rú yǐng suí xíng

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