to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature; to give the game away
trad. 露出馬腳
Also written 露出馬腳【lù chū mǎ jiǎo】
Characters in this word
4露
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surname Lu
- Pinyin
- Lù
- Strokes
- 21
- Frequency
- 10149 of 2500
出
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to go out; to come out, to arise; to occur, to produce; to yield, to go beyond; to exceed, (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result), classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- Pinyin
- chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 328 of 2500
马
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surname Ma, abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- Pinyin
- Mǎ
- Traditional
- 馬
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1030 of 2500
脚
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foot, leg (of an animal or an object), base (of an object), CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1], classifier for kicks
- Pinyin
- jiǎo
- Traditional
- 腳
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 1591 of 2500