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揭示

jiē shì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

揭示 (jiē shì) means "to show; to make known". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 揭示 means

1. to reveal; to elucidate; to set forth; to articulate
2. to announce publicly; to promulgate

The characters in 揭示

• 揭jiēto take the lid off; to expose; to unmask
• 示shìto show; to reveal

Example sentences

• 它揭示了谣言的真相。
  Tā jiēshì le yáoyán de zhēnxiàng.
  It proved the truth of the rumor.
• 夜晚会揭示白天隐藏的真相。
  The night reveals truths hidden by day.
• 然后又把各书名揭示通衢，永远禁止贩卖。
  Then they displayed all the book titles publicly and banned their sale forever.

Sounds the same

Read jiē shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

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