揭 jiē
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 曷 what, why, where, which, how
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
揭发
jiēfā
to expose; to denounce
Characters in this word
发 fā
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
Example phrases
- 内部员工冒着失业风险揭发了高层长期篡改检测数据的行为。 Nèibù yuángōng màozhe shīyè fēngxiǎn jiēfā le gāocéng chángqī cuàngǎi jiǎncè shùjù de xíngwéi. An insider risked losing his job to expose the executives' long-term falsification of testing data.
- 记者揭发了一家工厂偷排污水的做法。 Jìzhě jiēfā le yì jiā gōngchǎng tōu pái wūshuǐ de zuòfǎ. A journalist exposed a factory's practice of secretly discharging wastewater.
- 学生向老师揭发了考试作弊的同学。 Xuésheng xiàng lǎoshī jiēfā le kǎoshì zuòbì de tóngxué. The student reported the classmate who cheated in the exam to the teacher.
Related words
- 揭 jiē to uncover; to lift; to expose
- 揭露 jiēlù to expose; to reveal
- 揭示 jiēshì to reveal; to disclose; to indicate
- 揭晓 jiēxiǎo to announce; to make known; to unveil
- 出发 chūfā to set out
- 发 fā to send; to hand out
- 发现 fāxiàn to discover; to find
- 头发 tóufa hair
- 发表 fābiǎo to publish; to express publicly
- 发出 fāchū to give off; to send out
- 发达 fādá developed; advanced
- 发动 fādòng to start; to launch