水落石出

• 拼音: shuǐ luò shí chū
• 汉字拆解: 水 (water) + 落 (fall, recede) + 石 (stone, rock) + 出 (emerge, come out)

含义

The truth will come to light; when the water recedes, the rocks are revealed. An idiom meaning that facts hidden by confusion or concealment will eventually become clear.

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.

例句

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。

用法指南

语境: investigation, justice, journalism, idiom

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 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.)

错误说法

• 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

起源与历史

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

文化背景

时代: Song Dynasty

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal