搬楦头 bān xuàn tou

fig. to expose shameful secrets (old)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. fig. to expose shameful secrets (old)
  2. 2. lit. to move the shoes on the shoe tree (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
搬 bān HSK 3
to move (i.e. relocate oneself)
楦 xuàn
(wooden) shoe last; to stretch (a shoe); to block (a hat)
头 tou HSK 3
head; the top; end