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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

see 圖窮匕見 tú qióng bǐ xiàn

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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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2–2–3–3–4 · tu2 qiong2 bi3 shou3 xian4

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(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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