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- 揭 [jiē]
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1.
动
高举
- 揭竿而起。
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2.
动
掀起;撩(ｌｉāｏ)开
- 揭锅盖
- 揭下面纱
- 揭幕。
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3.
动
使隐蔽的事物显露
- 揭老底
- 揭晓
- 揭露。
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4.
动
把粘贴着的片状物取下
- 揭封条
- 把邮票揭下来。
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1.
动
高举
Examples
- 把墙上那幅画揭下来。
- Take that picture off the wall. → 揭
- 揭矛盾，找差距
- expose contradictions and find out where one is lagging behind → 揭
- 他们昨晚上就揭不开锅了。
- They have run out of food since last night. → 揭不开锅
- 揭了他的老底
- exposed his old secret; dragged the skeleton out of his closet → 揭底
- 老板尽可能地避开他的前妻，生怕她揭老底儿。
- The boss goes out of his way to avoid his ex-wife for fear that she might disclose his unsavoury past. → 揭老底
- 揭老底
- dredge up some embarrassing facts about sb.'s past; drag the skeleton out of sb.'s closet → 老底
- 拉(揭)开战幕
- lift the war curtain—start a war or a match → 战幕
- 他不忌讳别人这样揭他的伤疤。 → 忌讳
- 家里实在是揭不开锅了。 → 家里
- 你把那个标语揭下来。 → 揭
Character Decomposition
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扌
[shǒu] |
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曷
[hé] |
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Total Strokes: 12 |
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