Characters
- 水 (水): surname Shui
- 落 (落): to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind
- 石 (石): surname Shi; abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]
- 出 (出): to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
Resources
- Wiktionary: 水落石出
- MDBG: 水落石出
- Examples with 水落石出 on Tatoeba
Examples
真相很快就會水落石出了。
公司的職員設法隱瞞，但真相不久便水落石出了。