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cháy nhà mới ra mặt chuột

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revealing true colors
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revealing true colors
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2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 proverb
revealing true colors

This proverb suggests that the true nature of a person is only revealed during a crisis.

vi Đúng là cháy nhà mới ra mặt chuột.

en It is true that the truth will out during a crisis.

Sense 2 proverb
truth will out

A proverb meaning that failure or collapse forces hidden bad actors to reveal their true identities.

vi Thất bại này khiến cháy nhà mới ra mặt chuột.

en This failure makes the hidden bad actors reveal their true identities.

Parts
𤈜茹㵋𠚢𩈘𤝞
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𤈜茹㵋𠚢𩈘𤝞
Candidates by syllable
cháy 𤈜（𩶪 / 𩺧） nhà 茹 mới 㵋 ra 𠚢（𦋦） mặt 𩈘 chuột 𤝞
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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