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[gougou]

图穷匕现, so it has a different character at the end

In fact, according to my memory (which would negligible) and the Microsoft IME (which is the only other tool I have at hand for the moment), it should be 图穷匕见 - tu2qiong2bi3xian4.

[HashiriKata]

This is interesting, as I only know that

见 is pronounced as jian4

现 as xian4.

I'll look into it.

[elina]

1. Sorry for the typo, you’re right, HashiriKata, it should be tu2 qiong2 bi4 jian4

2. This Chinese idiom: 图穷匕见 can be also called 图穷匕现, the meaning is the same. when I wrote it, I think that 见 is easy to be followed than 现, so I chose见, hoping this thread can last longer

3. Because my English is not very well, so I used 金山词霸 to help me translate it into English. But in金山词霸, it showed that this Chinese idiom’s Pin Yin is: tu2 qiong2 bi3 jian4, I think it was wrong, 匕 should be pronounced as bi4 in Pin Yin. I had an English-Chinese dictionary on hand. So I checked up dagger / 匕首, the dictionary also proved that I was right. That’s the origin of tu2 qiong2 bi4 jian4

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[gougou]

Just had a look into it: People's Education Press

中文中“见”和“现”通用，所以虽然写成“图穷匕见”，要读成图穷匕“现”才对

[elina]

It is strange, there are two kinds of explanation on the Pin Yin of 见 and 现：

resource 1:

http://www.zxxw.net/chengyu/index.asp?fl1=1&fl2=20

check 图穷匕首见 and图穷匕见, it is the same as what gougou said in the former post.

But resource 2:

http://cy.dearinfo.com/3449.html 图穷匕首见

http://cy.dearinfo.com/3450.html 图穷匕见

The Pin Yin of resource 2 is also the same as 金山词霸, and I remember when I was at school, my teacher taught us 见 in this way too. But for 匕, my teacher taught us as bi4, and the dictionary which I linked also says it is bi4 shou3, my colleagues say it is bi4 too. I do not know why the resource 1 and resource 2, as well as other resource say it as bi3

[gougou]

Aiya...

"A man with one watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure."

Guess that goes the same for Chinese and its dictionaries...

[HashiriKata]

So, I guess 见 being pronounced as "xian4", or "xian4" written as 见, must have started off as a mistake (just like the Brittish using the folk upside down for eating )

But please don't forget the game:

见多识广

jian4duo1 shi2guang3

experienced & knowledgeable

[elina]

Yes, let’s get down to business:

广而言之

guang3 er2 yan2 zhi1

generally speaking

[Outofin]

之乎者也

zhi1 hu1 zhe3 ye3

The 4 characters were heavily used in classical writing though mean nothing, like 咿呀啊吗 in modern Chinese language. So 之乎者也 means "talking non-sense while pretending knowledgeable".

[shibo77]

野心勃勃 yě xīn bó bó

Ambitious

-Shìbó

[elina]

勃然大怒

bo2 ran2 da4 nu4

be very angry suddenly