纸包不住火 (紙包不住火)
zhǐ bāo bù zhù huǒ
Pinyin
Definition
纸包不住火 (紙包不住火)
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- lit. paper can't wrap fire; fig. the truth will out
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
- 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
- 2 spotless
一字不提
- 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
Sample Sentences
喂,我们的事情,怕是纸包不住火啊!
Hello...something's come up. I'm afraid we can't keep it under wraps!