原形毕露
yuán​xíng​bì​lù

to show one's true colors

  • created reference approved 原形毕露/原形畢露 → 藏头露尾/藏頭露尾 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    原形毕露 / 原形畢露 yuán​xíng​bì​lù

    藏头露尾 / 藏頭露尾 cáng​tóu​lù​wěi

    antonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 原形毕露/原形畢露 · yuán​xíng​bì​lù · to show one's true colors — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    原形毕露 / 原形畢露

    yuán​xíng​bì​lù

    to show one's true colors

    the original identity is fully revealed; to unmask and expose the whole truth or true nature of something or someone, especially after a disguise has been stripped away

    原形 (literal) → 原形 · yuán​xíng · original form; true appearance 毕露 (literal) → 毕露/畢露 · bì​lù · to be fully revealed

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

    created sense