纸包不住火
Traditional form:
紙包不住火
Pinyin (reading):
zhǐbāobùzhùhuǒ
Definitions:
- lit. paper can't wrap fire; fig. the truth will out
Characters:
- 纸 - paper
- 包 - wrap, pack, bundle; package
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 住 - to reside, to live at, to dwell, to lodge; to stop
- 火 - fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
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