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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「原形畢露」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
Original form: original shape; Complete: complete. The true face is completely exposed. It means that the disguise has been completely revealed.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yuán xíng bì lù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yun4 ying4 bat1 lou6
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