水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
水落石出
shuǐluòshíchū
the truth comes to light
Characters in this word
落 luò
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 洛 a river in the Shanxi province
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
石 shí
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 石 — stone, rock, mineral
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
出 chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 凵 — container
- Made of
- 屮 sprout 凵 container
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 调查组掌握了完整证据链后，事故原因终于水落石出。 Diàocházǔ zhǎngwò le wánzhěng zhèngjùliàn hòu, shìgù yuányīn zhōngyú shuǐluòshíchū. After the investigation team obtained a complete chain of evidence, the cause of the accident finally came to light.
- 警察又审问了一个证人，这件事快水落石出了。 Jǐngchá yòu shěnwènle yí gè zhèngrén, zhè jiàn shì kuài shuǐluòshíchū le. The police questioned one more witness; the truth about this matter will soon come to light.
- 等账目查清楚了，事实自然会水落石出。 Děng zhàngmù chá qīngchu le, shìshí zìrán huì shuǐluòshíchū. Once the accounts have been checked thoroughly, the facts will naturally come to light.