水落石出

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Chinese

(of water) to lower rock; stone; 10 pecks
to go out; to come out; to occur
to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)
 
trad. (水落石出) 水落
simp. #(水落石出) 水落

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (26) (37) (25) (24) (24)
Final () (18) (103) (123) (16) (52)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open Open Closed Closed
Division () III I III III III
Fanqie
Baxter sywijX lak dzyek tsyhwijH tsyhwit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕˠiuɪX/ /lɑk̚/ /d͡ʑiᴇk̚/ /t͡ɕʰiuɪH/ /t͡ɕʰiuɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕʷᵚiX/ /lɑk̚/ /d͡ʑiɛk̚/ /t͡ɕʰʷiH/ /t͡ɕʰʷit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕiuɪX/ /lɑk̚/ /d͡ʑiæk̚/ /t͡ɕʰjuɪH/ /t͡ɕʰjuet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕjwiX/ /lak̚/ /d͡ʑiajk̚/ /cʰwiH/ /cʰwit̚/
Li
Rong
/ɕjuiX/ /lɑk̚/ /ʑiɛk̚/ /t͡ɕʰuiH/ /t͡ɕʰiuĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/ɕwiX/ /lɑk̚/ /ʑĭɛk̚/ /t͡ɕʰwiH/ /t͡ɕʰĭuĕt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɕwiX/ /lɑk̚/ /ʑi̯ɛk̚/ /t͡ɕʰwiH/ /t͡ɕʰi̯uĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shuǐ luò shí chuì chu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
seoi2 lok6 sik6 ceoi3 ceot1

Idiom

水落石出

  1. the water recedes and the rocks appear
  2. (figurative) truth being revealed
    水落石出水落石出  ―  nòng ge shuǐluòshíchū  ―  to get to the bottom of the matter