水落石出

• Pinyin: shuǐ luò shí chū
• Desglose de hanzi: 水 (water) + 落 (fall, recede) + 石 (stone, rock) + 出 (emerge, come out)

Significado

la verdad sale a la luz

From Su Shi's prose poem 后赤壁赋 (Second Ode at Red Cliff, 1083 AD): 山高月小，水落石出. Used in investigative, legal, and journalistic contexts to express confidence that the truth will ultimately emerge.

Ejemplos

1. 调查人员誓言要让此案水落石出，还受害者一个公道。
2. 经过数月的审计，公司账目的问题终于水落石出。
3. 随着更多证人出庭作证，事情的真相逐渐水落石出。

Guía de uso

Contexto: investigation, justice, journalism, idiom

Tono: neutral

Correcto

• 检察院表示，无论案情多么复杂，都会让事实水落石出。(The procuratorate stated that no matter how complex the case, the facts will be brought to light.)
• 经过反复核查，这起财务造假案终于水落石出，涉案人员已被移送司法机关。(After repeated verification, the financial fraud case has finally come to light, and those involved have been referred to judicial authorities.)

Incorrecto

• 水落石出 describes a process of revelation over time; do not use it for something that was immediately obvious — use 一目了然 instead for things clear at a glance

Origen e historia

From 苏轼《后赤壁赋》(Su Shi, Second Red Cliff Ode, 1083): 水落石出 — as water levels drop in autumn, hidden rocks emerge; metaphor for truth surfacing

Contexto cultural

Época: Song Dynasty

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal