bān​xuàn​tou

to expose shameful secrets

  • created sense approved 搬楦头/搬楦頭 · bān​xuàn​tou · to expose shameful secrets — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    搬楦头 / 搬楦頭

    bān​xuàn​tou

    to expose shameful secrets

    (idiom) to expose or reveal shameful secrets; literally to move the shoe trees out (from a shoemaker's workshop) to show them all at once

    搬 (literal) → 搬 · bān · to move 楦头 (literal) → 楦头/楦頭 · xuàn​tou · shoe last or hat block

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