狐狸尾巴
hú​li​wěi​ba

to reveal one's true colors

  • created reference approved 狐狸尾巴 → 条/條 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    狐狸尾巴 hú​li​wěi​ba

    条 / 條 tiáo

    classifier

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

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  • created sense approved 狐狸尾巴 · hú​li​wěi​ba · to reveal one's true colors — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    狐狸尾巴

    hú​li​wěi​ba

    to reveal one's true colors

    literally "fox's tail", referring to a visible sign of evil intentions or the evidence that reveals someone's bad nature

    狐狸 (literal) → 狐狸 · hú​li · fox 尾巴 (literal) → 尾巴 · wěi​ba · tail

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

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