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暴露无遗 (bào lù wú yí) — fully exposed, completely revealed (of secrets, truths, or hidden flaws)

Definition

A formal idiom meaning 'completely exposed / laid bare without a trace' — secrets, lies, or flaws revealed in full. Use 暴露 alone for the general verb 'to expose'; 无遗 adds the emphatic 'nothing left hidden.'

idiom
fully exposedcompletely revealed (of secrets, truths, or hidden flaws)

Examples

  • ，暴露无遗。
    Zài què záo de zhèng jù miàn qián, tā de huǎng yán bào lù wú yí.
    In the face of solid evidence, his lies were completely exposed.
  • ，暴露无遗。
    Zhè jiàn tān wū àn jīng guò diào chá, suǒ yǒu xì jié bào lù wú yí.
    After investigation, every detail of this corruption case was fully exposed.
  • 暴露无遗。
    Tā zhuō liè de biǎo yǎn ràng tā de zhēn shí yì tú bào lù wú yí.
    His clumsy performance left his true intentions completely exposed.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

暴露expose
暴bàoexpose露lùreveal
联合Coordinate
无遗no remainder
无wúwithout遗yíremainder
动宾Verb + object

暴露 means expose, and 无遗 adds the sense of no remainder.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The earliest form paired 虎 and 戈, a tiger and a weapon. The later 暴 came from a picture of hands drying something in the sun.

Open 暴 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
雨雨yǔ
Sound part声符shēngfú
路
路lù露lù
Same sound today

露 pairs 雨, a rain-related meaning part, with 路, a sound part.

Open 露 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 無; 无 is its simplified writing.

For the simplified 无, the story is about 無. 無 drew a person dancing with ox tails held in both hands to pray for rain, then was borrowed for 'have no', so the picture does not explain that meaning.

Open 无 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 遺; 遗 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòmove
Sound part声符shēngfú
貴
貴guì遺yí
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 遺 pairs 辶 (move) with 貴 as a sound part; the simplified 遗 is a shorthand, and its right side is not the old sound part.

Open 遗 →
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