图穷匕见(tú qióng bǐ xiàn): (lit.) the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll…
4 charactersTrad. 圖窮匕見
(lit.) the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll…
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Word information
- Pinyin
- tú qióng bǐ xiàn
- Meaning
- (lit.) the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng 嬴政 by Jing Ke 荆轲 in 227 BC) (idiom)
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 圖窮匕見
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