苍蝇不叮无缝蛋

Traditional form:

蒼蠅不叮無縫蛋

Pinyin (reading):

cāngyingbùdīngwúfèngdàn

Definitions:

• lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom)
• fig. no smoke without a fire

Characters:

• 苍 - dark blue; deep green; old, hoary
• 蝇 - fly, musca
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 叮 - to persistently exhort or urge; sting (as of an insect)
• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 缝 - to sew, to mend
• 蛋 - egg

Traditional characters:

• 蒼 - dark blue; deep green; old, hoary
• 蠅 - fly, musca
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 叮 - to persistently exhort or urge; sting (as of an insect)
• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 縫 - to sew, to mend
• 蛋 - egg