created reference approved 图穷匕见/圖窮匕見 → 图穷匕现/圖窮匕現 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
图穷匕见 / 圖窮匕見 túqióngbǐxiàn
图穷匕现 / 圖窮匕現 túqióngbǐxiàn
variant
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 图穷匕见/圖窮匕見 → 图穷匕首见/圖窮匕首見 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
图穷匕见 / 圖窮匕見 túqióngbǐxiàn
图穷匕首见 / 圖窮匕首見 túqióngbǐshǒuxiàn
variant
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 图穷匕见/圖窮匕見 · túqióngbǐxiàn · the plot is revealed — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
图穷匕见 / 圖窮匕見
túqióngbǐxiàn
the plot is revealed
Literally "when the map is unrolled, the dagger is revealed"; a scheme is finally exposed or someone's malicious intent becomes apparent. This idiom refers to the attempted assassination of the first Qin emperor by [[荆轲|荊軻|jing1 ke1]], who hid a knife inside a map scroll.
图 (literal) → 图/圖 · tú · picture 穷 (literal) → 穷/窮 · qióng · to exhaust 匕 (literal) → 匕 · bǐ · dagger 见 (literal) → 见/見 · xiàn · to appear
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition