shuǐ​luò​shí​chū HSK7

revealed

水落石出 shuǐ​luò​shí​chū
revealed idiom
Literally as the water recedes, the rocks appear; figuratively used to describe the truth coming to light or a situation becoming fully clear after a period of uncertainty.

After an in-depth police investigation, the truth of this cold case has finally come to light.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
2.21 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.47 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 7

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