原形毕露
yuánxíng-bìlùTraditional 原形畢露
to reveal one's true colors
Every meaning
yuánxíng-bìlù
- to reveal one's true colors
Its characters
- 原yuánoriginal; former
- 形xíngshape; form
- 毕bìto finish; to complete (as in 毕业)
- 露lùdew
Words with 原
Words with 形
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.