Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

馬腳

mǎjiǎo

ㄇㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

Simplified 马脚

  1. 1sth one wishes to conceal
  2. 2the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")
Example

馬屁拍在馬腳上。

mǎpì pāi zài mǎjiǎo shàng

He chose to kiss up to someone, but stepped on a landmine instead.

Keep 馬腳 and it comes back until you know it.

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