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戳穿西洋镜

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Collocation

1
当场被戳穿西洋镜
2
戳穿(某人)的西洋镜
3
被人戳穿西洋镜

Definition

戳穿西洋镜

Literally means:

strip off somebody's mask

Actually means:

expose somebody's tricks

西洋镜 is an entertainment device, through which the audience may see a few enlarged moving picutres of the western style.

The phrase means disclosing one's fraud and exposing it to the public. Derogatory.

西洋镜,也叫做西洋景,是一种娱乐装置,观众可从透镜中看到放大的左右移动的几幅西洋画面。

戳穿西洋镜,比喻揭露骗人的事物或手法,使别人明白事情真实的样子。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate, and can be used with other words in between. (作谓语,中间可以插入别的词语)
1
jiǎmào
假冒
méi
煤气
gōng
公司
de
zhíyuán
职员
xíngpiàn
行骗
  
,
dàn
hěnkuài
很快
jiù
bèi
rén
chuōchuān
戳穿
yángjìng
西洋镜
  
,
sòng
dào
gōngān
公安局
chǔ
处理
  

He cheated by pretending to be a gas company employee, but was soon poked through a Western mirror and sent to the Public Security Bureau for processing.

2
Zuìjìn
最近
yǒu
hǎo
好几
xué
科学
jiā
chuōchuān
戳穿
le
shuǐ
biàn
yóu
de
yángjìng
西洋镜
  
,
ràng
jiā
大家
liǎojiě
了解
le
zhè
shì
shí
十足
de
wěixué
伪科学
  

Several scientists have recently pierced the western mirror of water-to-oil to let people know that this is a full pseudoscience.

3
Zài
Gāomíng
高明
de
piànzi
骗子
huì
liúxià
留下
zhàn
破绽
  
,
zhǐyào
只要
men
我们
duō
dòngnǎojīn
动脑筋
jiù
nán
不难
chuōchuān
戳穿
men
他们
de
yángjìng
西洋镜
  

Then smart liars will also leave a crack, as long as we have more brains, it is not difficult to pierce their Western mirror.