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圖窮匕首見
简 图穷匕首见 · 繁 圖窮匕首見Mandarin · pinyin tú qióng bǐ shǒu xiàn
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- 圖
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- 窮
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- 匕
- bǐ · spoon, ladle; knife, dirk
- 首
- shǒu · head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
- 見
- jiàn · see, observe, behold; perceive; Kangxi radical 147
- 图
- tú · diagram; chart, map, picture
- 穷
- qióng · poor, destitute, impoverished
- 见
- jiàn · see, observe, behold; perceive
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Mandarin tones
2–2–3–3–4 · tu2 qiong2 bi3 shou3 xian4
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phrase
- (alt-of, alternative, idiomatic) alternative form of 圖窮匕見 /图穷匕见 (túqióngbǐxiàn, “to expose the hidden malicious intents at the end”)
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