圖窮匕見

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Alternative forms

圖窮匕首見／图穷匕首见 (túqióngbǐshǒuxiàn)

Etymology

From the story of Jing Ke [227 BC], who tried to assassinate Ying Zheng (who later became the first emperor of China) using a dagger concealed inside a map scroll.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): túqióngbǐxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ kung⁴ bei⁶ jin⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: túqióngbǐxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: túcyóngbǐsiàn
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu²-chʻiung²-pi³-hsien⁴
  - Yale: tú-chyúng-bǐ-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twuchyongbiishiann
  - Palladius: туцюнбисянь (tucjunbisjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵⁻⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou⁴ kung⁴ bei⁶ jin⁶
  - Yale: tòuh kùhng beih yihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ kung⁴ bei⁶ jin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ kung⁴ béi⁶ yin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹ pei̯²² jiːn²²/

Idiom

圖窮匕見

to expose the hidden malicious intents at the end

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