紙包不住火

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See also: 纸包不住火

Chinese

paper
 
to cover; to wrap; to hold
to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)
incessantly; without end; nonstop
 
fire; angry; fierce
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (紙包不住火) 不住
simp. (纸包不住火) 不住
alternative forms 紙裡包不住火纸里包不住火
Literally: “fire cannot be wrapped up in paper”.

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Proverb

紙包不住火

  1. (figurative) there is no concealing the truth; the truth will come out; murder will out

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