真相大白

zhēn xiàng dà bái

the whole truth is out

Character by character

真zhēn
true

相xiàng
appearance

大dà
greatly

白bái
clear

经过调查，事情终于真相大白。

After the investigation, the truth finally came out.

Tone: neutral.

Close to 水落石出; common in news and crime stories.

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