剖腹 (pōu fù) — to cut open the abdomen (e.g., in surgery); (figurative) to be completely sincere, to bare one's heart
Definition
Literally 'cut open the abdomen' (surgery), and figuratively 'bare one's heart' — usually appears in the set phrase 剖腹藏珠, meaning to sacrifice everything for a treasured thing.
verb
to cut open the abdomen (e.g., in surgery)(figurative) to be completely sincereto bare one's heart
Examples
- ，。Yī shēng gěi tā pōu le yí cì fù, qǔ chū le zhǒng liú.The doctor performed an abdominal surgery on him and removed the tumor.
- 剖腹。Zhè zhǒng shǒu shù xū yào pōu fù cái néng wán chéng.This type of surgery requires cutting open the abdomen to complete.
- 剖腹。Tā pōu fù duì wǒ shuō chū le cáng zài xīn lǐ duō nián de huà.He bared his heart and told me what he had kept in his heart for years.
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