Dictionary/马脚

马脚 馬腳

mǎ jiǎo

ㄇㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
N
1sth one wishes to conceal
2the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")

Characters

马脚

Example

mǎ pì马屁pāi拍zài在mǎ jiǎo马脚shàng上。
马屁拍在马脚上。
He chose to kiss up to someone, but stepped on a landmine instead.