塘底石——水乾先見

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Chinese[edit]

pond
 
background; bottom; base
background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
rock; stone; 10 pecks water; river
 
dry; clean; male
dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname
 
early; prior; former
early; prior; former; in advance; first
 
to see; to meet; to appear
to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
trad. (塘底石——水乾先見) ——
simp. (塘底石——水干先见) ——

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Idiom[edit]

塘底石——水乾先見

  1. (Cantonese) somebody whose true character only shows when they are broke