| 水落石出 |
shuǐ luò - shí chū |
lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / fig. the truth comes to light |
| 水 |
Shuǐ |
surname Shui |
| 水 |
shuǐ |
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment |
| 落 |
là |
to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind |
| 落 |
lào |
colloquial reading for 落 in certain compounds |
| 落 |
luò |
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement |
| 落石 |
luò shí |
falling stone |
| 石 |
Shí |
surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家庄, the capital of Hebei |
| 石 |
dàn |
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] |
| 石 |
shí |
rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 |
| 出 |
chū |
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 |
| 出 |
chū |
variant of 出 (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |