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原形畢露
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have one's true face totally exposed; to show one's true colours Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 7th Sep 2009 19:22 |
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Characters in this word:原 jyun4 - original; open country; pardon形 jing4 - form; shape; description 畢 bat1 - finish; whole; altogether 露 lou6 - dew; beverages; cosmetics; show; reveal |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).