廬山真面目

Chinese

		Mount Lu	true features; true identity; true colors
trad. (廬山真面目/廬山眞面目)		廬山	真面目/眞面目
simp. (庐山真面目)		庐山	真面目

Etymology

See 不識廬山真面目／不识庐山真面目 (bùshí Lúshān zhēnmiànmù).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lúshān zhēnmiànmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˊ ㄕㄢ ㄓㄣ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ saan¹ zan¹ min⁶ muk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lúshān zhēnmiànmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˊ ㄕㄢ ㄓㄣ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lúshan jhenmiànmù
    • Wade–Giles: lu²-shan¹ chên¹-mien⁴-mu⁴
    • Yale: lú-shān jēn-myàn-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lushan jenmiannmuh
    • Palladius: лушань чжэньмяньму (lušanʹ čžɛnʹmjanʹmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ saan¹ zan¹ min⁶ muk⁶
    • Yale: lòuh sāan jān mihn muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ saan¹ dzan¹ min⁶ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ san¹ zen¹ min⁶ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ saːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵ miːn²² mʊk̚²/

Noun

廬山真面目

1. (figuratively, idiomatic) the real and original face (or appearance) of someone (or something)
2. (figuratively, idiomatic) the truth about a person or matter (that is not easy to recognize); the true nature of someone or something