昭然若揭
zhāo​rán​ruò​jiē

abundantly clear

  • created sense approved 昭然若揭 · zhāo​rán​ruò​jiē · abundantly clear — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    昭然若揭

    zhāo​rán​ruò​jiē

    abundantly clear

    completely exposed or obvious; as clear as someone holding up the sun and moon. This idiom is typically used to describe the truth or a person's hidden motives being fully revealed.

    昭 (literal) → 昭 · zhāo · bright 然 (bound) → 然 · rán · [state] 若 (literal) → 若 · ruò · to seem 揭 (literal) → 揭 · jiē · to raise

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

    created sense