图穷匕见

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• lit. the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng 嬴政 Yíng Zhèng ㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ by Jing Ke 荆轲 (荊軻) Jīng Kē ㄐㄧㄥ ㄎㄜ in 227 BC) (idiom)
• fig. malicious intent suddenly becomes apparent