圖窮匕見

Chinese

	diagram; to plan; picture diagram; to plan; picture; drawing; chart	exhausted; poor	dagger; ladle; an ancient type of spoon	Alternative form of 現／现 (xiàn)
trad. (圖窮匕見)	圖	窮	匕	見
simp. (图穷匕见)	图	穷	匕	见
alternative forms	圖窮匕現／图穷匕现
Literally: “When the map is unrolled, the dagger is revealed”.

Alternative forms

圖窮匕首見／图穷匕首见 (túqióngbǐshǒuxiàn)

Etymology

From the story of Jing Ke [227 BC], who tried to assassinate Ying Zheng (who later became the first emperor of China) using a dagger concealed inside a map scroll.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): túqióngbǐxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ kung⁴ bei⁶ jin⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: túqióngbǐxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: túcyóngbǐsiàn
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu²-chʻiung²-pi³-hsien⁴
  - Yale: tú-chyúng-bǐ-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twuchyongbiishiann
  - Palladius: туцюнбисянь (tucjunbisjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou⁴ kung⁴ bei⁶ jin⁶
  - Yale: tòuh kùhng beih yihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ kung⁴ bei⁶ jin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ kung⁴ béi⁶ yin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹ pei̯²² jiːn²²/

Idiom

圖窮匕見

to expose the hidden malicious intents at the end

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