DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

和盤托出

简和盘托出 · 繁和盤托出

Mandarin · pinyin hé pán tuō chū

lit. to put everything out including the tray
to reveal everything
to make a clean breast of it all

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

和: hé · harmony, peace; peaceful, calm
盤: Look up this written character
托: tuō · to hold up with palm; to support, rely on
出: chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
盘: pán · tray, plate, dish; examine

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–2–1–1 · he2 pan2 tuo1 chu1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

和盤托出 · find source passages ↗ · 和盘托出 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Rime · Wiktionary

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wo4 pun4 tok3 ceot1

Cantonese word readings for 和盤托出. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

phrase

(figurative) to come clean; to reveal all

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack