马脚 (馬腳) mǎjiǎo
mǎjiǎo
noun
something one wishes to conceal
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '馬腳')
Contained in
- 露马脚(露馬腳) to reveal the cloven foot; to unmask one's true nature; to give the game away
- 露出马脚(露出馬腳) to reveal the cloven foot; to unmask one's true nature; to give the game away
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第一百十八回 Chapter 118 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第三十回 Chapter 30 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第五十七回 Chapter 57 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第一百十三回 Chapter 113 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 卷三十七 列傳第二十七 沈慶之 宗愨 Volume 37 Biographies 27: Shen Qingzhi, Zong Que History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 1
- 卷二 西山經 Chapter 2: Classic of the Mountains - West Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 1
- 卷六十四 列傳第五十四 江子一 胡僧祐 徐文盛 陰子春 杜崱 王琳 張彪 Volume 64 Biographies 54: Jiang Ziyi, Hu Sengyou, Xu Wencheng, Yin Zichun, Du Zewang, Lin Zhangbiao History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 1
- 卷六十六 志第十七下: 河渠三 Volume 66 Treatises 19: Rivers and Canals 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 1
- 第五十回 Chapter 50 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第四十八回 Chapter 48 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
Collocations
- 系马脚 (系馬腳) 抽腸系馬腳 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷三二 補列傳第二四 陸法和 王琳 Volume 32 Biographies 24: Lu Fahe; Wang Lin (general) — count: 2
- 砍断马脚 (砍斷馬腳) 一斧砍斷馬腳 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第八十六回 Chapter 86 — count: 2
- 翻马脚 (翻馬腳) 拖翻馬腳 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四十八回 Chapter 48 — count: 2