水落石出
shuǐ​luò​shí​chū HSK7

water recedes and rocks emerge

水落石出 shuǐ​luò​shí​chū
water recedes and rocks emerge
winter water levels drop, causing rocks in the riverbed to be exposed; used to describe seasonal scenery
the truth comes to light
figuratively, the truth of a matter or investigation is eventually revealed after being obscured

Frequency
Movie subtitles
2.21 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.47 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)