揭开
jiē kāi
Pinyin

Definition

揭开
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jiē kāi
  1. to uncover
  2. to open

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiē mì
  1. 1 to unmask
  2. 2 to uncover the secret
àn jiē
  1. 1 a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese)
  2. 2 to buy property on a mortgage
jiē
  1. 1 to take the lid off
  2. 2 to expose
  3. 3 to unmask
jiē mù
  1. 1 opening
  2. 2 unveiling
jiē xiǎo
  1. 1 to announce publicly
  2. 2 to publish
  3. 3 to make known
  4. 4 to disclose
jiē fā
  1. 1 to expose
  2. 2 to bring to light
  3. 3 to disclose
  4. 4 revelation
jiē shì
  1. 1 to show
  2. 2 to make known
jiē chuān
  1. 1 to expose
  2. 2 to uncover
jiē kāi
  1. 1 to uncover
  2. 2 to open
Jiē yáng
  1. 1 Jieyang prefecture-level city in Guangdong
jiē lù
  1. 1 to expose
  2. 2 to unmask
  3. 3 to ferret out
  4. 4 to disclose
  5. 5 disclosure
jiē dǐ
  1. 1 to reveal the inside story
  2. 2 to expose sb's secrets
Jiē dōng
  1. 1 Jiedong county in Jieyang 揭陽|揭阳, Guangdong
Jiē dōng xiàn
  1. 1 Jiedong county in Jieyang 揭陽|揭阳, Guangdong
jiē pò
  1. 1 to uncover
Jiē xī
  1. 1 Jiexi county in Jieyang 揭陽|揭阳, Guangdong
Jiē xī xiàn
  1. 1 Jiexi county in Jieyang 揭陽|揭阳, Guangdong
jiē dì
  1. 1 revealer (protective god)
jiē zǎi
  1. 1 to publish
Jiē yáng shì
  1. 1 Jieyang prefecture-level city in Guangdong province

Idioms (2)

三天不打,上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)

Sample Sentences

不怕!我是记者啊,我一定要揭开真相,为在矿难中不幸遇难的人说话!
bù pà !wǒ shì jìzhě a ,wǒ yīdìng yào jiēkāi zhēnxiàng ,wèi zài kuàngnàn zhōng bùxìng yùnàn de rén shuōhuà !
No! I'm a journalist. I definitely want uncover the truth and tell it for the unfortunate victims in this mining accident.
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然而,就在我们交往的第三个月,高捷在校门口遇上了车祸。手术过后,当医生慢慢地揭开她头上的纱布时,我惊呆了。高捷的脸上布满了疤痕,而且还没有下巴。我无法适应从美梦到噩梦的突然转变,夺门而出。她的容貌使我不敢再靠近,然而之前的海誓山盟却在我脑中久久回荡。矛盾的心情开始了对我的折磨。
ránér ,jiù zài wǒmen jiāowǎng de dì sān ge yuè ,Gāo Jié zài xiàomén kǒu yùshàng le chēhuò 。shǒushù guòhòu ,dāng yīshēng mànmàn de jiēkāi tā tóu shàng de shābù shí ,wǒ jīngdāi le 。Gāo Jié de liǎn shàng bùmǎn le bāhén ,érqiě hái méiyǒu xiàba 。wǒ wúfǎ shìyìng cóng měimèng dào èmèng de tūrán zhuǎnbiàn ,duóménérchū 。tā de róngmào shǐ wǒ bùgǎn zài kàojìn ,ránér zhīqián de hǎishìshānméng què zài wǒ nǎo zhōng jiǔjiǔ huídàng 。máodùn de xīnqíng kāishǐ le duì wǒ de zhémó 。
However, during the third month of us knowing each other, GaoJie was involved in a traffic accident at the school gate. After she had surgery, and when the doctor revealed her head from under the gauze, I was stunned. Gaojie's face was covered entirely in scare tissue and she no longer had a chin. I couldn't reconcile this sudden transformation of my sweet dreams of her, to this nightmare. I pushed open the door and ran out. Her appearance made it impossible for me to be near her. Even so, the sound of my pledge of my undying love to her continued to reverberate in my head. A mood of uncertainty began to torment me.