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HSK
to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit
HSK 5
to leak out / to divulge / to reveal
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *显* | 显* | *显
to make visible / to reveal / prominent / conspicuous / (prefix) phanero-
HSK 5
to expose / to reveal / to lay bare / also pr. [pu4 lu4]
HSK 6
to unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display
HSK 5
to reveal / to enlighten / enlightenment / revelation / illumination / moral (of a story etc) / lesson
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雷* | 雷* | *雷
thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷 land mine / (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *露* | 露* | *露
to show / to reveal / to betray / to expose
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *露* | 露* | *露
dew / syrup / nectar / outdoors (not under cover) / to show / to reveal / to betray / to expose
HSK 6
(of facts or truth) to become fully revealed; to come to light / (old) wine cup / (coll.) whiting (used in whitewash) / (coll.) (neologism, attested by 2020) healthcare worker in a full-body protective suit (from the white robot Baymax in Disney's "Big Hero 6", called "大白" in Chinese)
to suddenly reveal / to flash (one's ID, a banknote etc)
to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away
to explain oneself / to express / to reveal one's thoughts or feelings / declaration / confession
HSK 7-9
original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
to become visible; to reveal
lit. to put everything out including the tray / to reveal everything / to make a clean breast of it all
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捅* | 捅* | *捅
to poke; to jab / to give (sb) a nudge; to prod / to disclose; to reveal
HSK 7-9
to reveal; to elucidate; to set forth; to articulate / to announce publicly; to promulgate
HSK 7-9
to reveal one's talent (idiom) / to rise above others; to distinguish oneself
HSK 7-9
to tell / to disclose / to reveal
to come out of the closet / to reveal one's sexual orientation
to expose / to reveal
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抖* | 抖* | *抖
to tremble / to shake out / to reveal / to make it in the world
HSK 7-9
to instruct (novices); to preach; to teach; to reveal
to reveal (indirectly, implicitly) / to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc
HSK 7-9
show one's ferocious appearance (idiom); the atrocious features revealed / with fangs bared
to provide a safety net / (coll.) to reveal; to expose (sth disreputable)
to reveal / to confess
to reveal / to publish / to make public / to announce
HSK 7-9
to reveal (a quality or feeling); to manifest; to evince
to reveal a secret
to announce publicly / to explain oneself / to reveal one's feelings / to confess / to declare one's love
lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed / I am not at liberty to inform you.
to reveal the inside story / to expose sb's secrets
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
(of liquid) to spill out; to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over; to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain; to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show; to be revealed
just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true heart (proverb)
the whole truth is revealed (idiom); everything becomes clear
cotton boll splits open and reveals its white interior
(of a P2P lending platform) to collapse / (Tw) (slang) to reveal plot details / spoiler
(Tw) to reveal a spoiler
magic transformation performed by Daoist immortal / fig. to reveal / to enlighten
to reveal outstanding talent (idiom); to stand out as conspicuously brilliant
to expose / to reveal
lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions / to reveal one's evil nature / evidence that reveals the villain
to see how sb or sth performs when it comes to the crunch; to find out what sb is really made of; to witness true ability or worth revealed under pressure
to reveal one's talent (idiom)
to reveal / to expose
to divulge / to leak / to reveal
your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (four-character version of 口嫌體正直|口嫌体正直)
to show / to reveal (one's feelings etc)
meaning behind the words / what sb really means to say / one's intentions as revealed in one's words / tone of speech
revealer (protective god)
lit. 300 silver taels not hidden here (idiom); fig. to reveal what one intends to hide
heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body
lit. the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng 嬴政 by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲 in 227 BC) (idiom) / fig. malicious intent suddenly becomes apparent
real face fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
(TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover
to show in full light / to be revealed in its entirety
low neckline that reveals the cleavage / décolleté / gully
lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed / I am not at liberty to inform you.
to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something; to toss aside
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc) / to reveal
your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed from Japanese)
lit. one phoenix feather; fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *示* | 示* | *示
to show / to reveal
to reveal the truth / to spill the beans
to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away
to reveal momentarily
to reveal one's valuables inadvertently / to betray one's silver (money) when traveling
fox lady / in folk stories, a beautiful girl who will seduce you then reveal herself as a ghost


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