# 水落石出 (shuǐluòshíchū)

In Mandarin Chinese, 水落石出 (shuǐluòshíchū) means “the truth comes to light”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: the truth comes to light
- Pinyin: shuǐluòshíchū (shui3 luo4 shi2 chu1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 经过调查，这件事终于水落石出了。
  Jīngguò diàochá, zhè jiàn shì zhōngyú shuǐluòshíchū le.
  After investigation, the truth of this matter finally came to light.

## Characters

- [水](https://hanziro.com/word/shui-water/) (shuǐ): water
- [落](https://hanziro.com/word/luo-fall/) (luò): to fall; to drop
- 石 (shí): rock; stone
- [出](https://hanziro.com/word/chu-go-out/) (chū): to go out; to come out

https://hanziro.com/word/shui-luo-shi-chu-truth-comes-light/

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