东窗事发
dōng​chuāng​shì​fā

to be exposed

  • created reference approved 东窗事发/東窗事發 → 东窗事犯/東窗事犯 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东窗事发 / 東窗事發 dōng​chuāng​shì​fā

    东窗事犯 / 東窗事犯 dōng​chuāng​shì​fàn

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 东窗事发/東窗事發 · dōng​chuāng​shì​fā · to be exposed — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东窗事发 / 東窗事發

    dōng​chuāng​shì​fā

    to be exposed

    (idiom) a plot or crime is revealed; originally referring to the plot by Qin Hui and his wife to frame Yue Fei being discovered in the underworld

    东 (literal) → 东/東 · dōng · east 窗 (literal) → 窗 · chuāng · window 事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter 发 (literal) → 发/發 · fā · to happen

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense