Chinese word

暴露

Pronunciation

Pinyinbào lù

Meaning

  • verbexpose

Example

媒体暴露了他的丑闻。méi tǐ bào lù le tā de chǒu wén

The media exposed his scandal.

Illustration for 暴露 (expose)

More examples

内部文件暴露了事件的真相。nèi bù wén jiàn bào lù liǎo shì jiàn de zhēn xiàng

The internal documents exposed the truth about the incident.

Core concept

A hidden fact crosses the boundary between private concealment and public knowledge.

Common phrases

  • 暴露真相bào lù zhēn xiàng

    expose the truth

  • 暴露弱点bào lù ruò diǎn

    expose a weakness

  • 暴露身份bào lù shēn fèn

    expose someone's identity

Similar words

揭露jiē lù: Reveal concealed wrongdoing or secret facts openly, often to bring them to public attention.
公开gōng kāi: Tell people information or facts openly and widely instead of keeping them private.
泄露xiè lòu: Allow a secret or restricted piece of information to reach people who should not know it.
透露tòu lù: Give someone a small part of information or suggest it indirectly.

Definition in Chinese

把原本隐蔽的内容揭示给公众，强调将秘密、丑闻或不当行为公开，使更多人知道。bǎ yuán běn yǐn bì de nèi róng jiē shì gěi gōng zhòng qiáng diào jiāng mì mì chǒu wén huò bú dàng xíng wéi gōng kāi shǐ gèng duō rén zhī dào

Word origin

The compound 暴露 (bàolù, "expose") joins 暴 (bào, "to expose") with 露 (lù, "to show openly"), creating a direct picture of concealed information being brought into sight.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, the grammatical subject is often a report, event, or piece of evidence, not only a person, which gives the verb a wider range of natural subjects than many learners expect.

Other meanings

  • revealverb
  • leakverb
  • publicizeverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 暴露无遗bào lù wú yíbe completely exposedidiom

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