水落石出

shuǐ luò shí chū

Nível HSK 3.0 7

Definições

1. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom)
2. the truth comes to light

Palavras componentes de 水落石出

• 出 chū: to go out
• 水 shuǐ: water
• 落 là: to leave out
• 落 lào: colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds
• 落 luò: to fall or drop
• 石 dàn: dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dǒu]; one hundred liters
• 石 shí: rock
• 落石 luò shí: falling stone