露相

lòuxiàng
to show one's true colors

CEDICT

  1. to appear in public; to turn up; to show one's face; to show up
  2. to show one's true colors

Wiktionary

露出本来面目、底细。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 露 lòu
  1. to show
  2. to reveal
  3. to betray
  4. to expose
2 相 xiàng
  1. appearance
  2. portrait
  3. picture
  4. government minister
  5. (physics) phase
  6. (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
  7. to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

Containing this entry

真人不露相 zhēnrénbùlòuxiàng the sage presents as an ordinary person (idiom)