破绽百出 pò zhàn bǎi chū

full of flaws; full of obvious mistakes

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. one hundred splits (idiom); fig. full of mistakes (of speech or written article)

Characters

Character Meaning
破 pò HSK 4
broken; to break, split or cleave; damaged
绽 zhàn
to burst open; to split at the seam
百 bǎi HSK 2
hundred; numerous; all kinds of
出 chū HSK 1
to go out; to come out