"沒有不透風的牆" meaning in Chinese

See 沒有不透風的牆 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proverb

IPA: /meɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tʰoʊ̯⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ d̥ə² t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /muːt̚² jɐu̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ tɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 没有不透风的墙 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 沒有不透風的牆
  1. (figurative) no secret can be kept forever Tags: figuratively Synonyms: 雞春咁密都菢得出崽 [Cantonese], 鸡春咁密都菢得出崽 [Cantonese]
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "没有不透风的墙",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "沒有不透風的牆",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese proverbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin proverbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "no secret can be kept forever"
      ],
      "id": "en-沒有不透風的牆-zh-proverb-WBbsZe5E",
      "links": [
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "kept",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "forever",
          "forever"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) no secret can be kept forever"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "雞春咁密都菢得出崽"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "鸡春咁密都菢得出崽"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "méiyǒu bù tòufēng de qiáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄡˋ ㄈㄥ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄑㄧㄤˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mut⁶ jau⁵ bat¹ tau³ fung¹ dik¹ coeng⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "méiyǒu bù tòufēng de qiáng [Phonetic: méiyǒu bú tòufēng de qiáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄡˋ ㄈㄥ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄑㄧㄤˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "méiyǒu bù tòufong de̊ ciáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mei²-yu³ pu⁴ tʻou⁴-fêng¹ tê⁵ chʻiang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "méi-yǒu bù tòu-fēng de chyáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "meiyeou bu towfeng .de chyang"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mɛjju bu toufɛn dɛ cjan",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "мэйю бу тоуфэн дэ цян"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tʰoʊ̯⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ d̥ə² t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mut⁶ jau⁵ bat¹ tau³ fung¹ dik¹ coeng⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "muht yáuh bāt tau fūng dīk chèuhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mut⁹ jau⁵ bat⁷ tau³ fung¹ dik⁷ tsoeng⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mud⁶ yeo⁵ bed¹ teo³ fung¹ dig¹ cêng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/muːt̚² jɐu̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ tɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "沒有不透風的牆"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "没有不透风的墙",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "沒有不透風的牆",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese proverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese proverbs",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 有",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 沒",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 牆",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 的",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 透",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 風",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin proverbs",
        "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "no secret can be kept forever"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "kept",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "forever",
          "forever"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) no secret can be kept forever"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "méiyǒu bù tòufēng de qiáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄡˋ ㄈㄥ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄑㄧㄤˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mut⁶ jau⁵ bat¹ tau³ fung¹ dik¹ coeng⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "méiyǒu bù tòufēng de qiáng [Phonetic: méiyǒu bú tòufēng de qiáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄡˋ ㄈㄥ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄑㄧㄤˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "méiyǒu bù tòufong de̊ ciáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mei²-yu³ pu⁴ tʻou⁴-fêng¹ tê⁵ chʻiang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "méi-yǒu bù tòu-fēng de chyáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "meiyeou bu towfeng .de chyang"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mɛjju bu toufɛn dɛ cjan",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "мэйю бу тоуфэн дэ цян"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tʰoʊ̯⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ d̥ə² t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mut⁶ jau⁵ bat¹ tau³ fung¹ dik¹ coeng⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "muht yáuh bāt tau fūng dīk chèuhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mut⁹ jau⁵ bat⁷ tau³ fung¹ dik⁷ tsoeng⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mud⁶ yeo⁵ bed¹ teo³ fung¹ dig¹ cêng⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/muːt̚² jɐu̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ tɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "雞春咁密都菢得出崽"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "鸡春咁密都菢得出崽"
    }
  ],
  "word": "沒有不透風的牆"
}

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