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攤牌

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Mandarin · pinyin tān pái

to lay one's cards on the table

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攤: Look up this written character
牌: pái · signboard, placard
摊: tān · spread out, open; apportion

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1–2 · tan1 pai2

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taan1 paai2

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verb

to show one's cards (to other players); to lay one's cards on the table
(figurative) to have a showdown

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