没有不透风的墙
Traditional: 沒有不透風的牆Dictionary entry
(idiom) no secret can be kept forever
What does 没有不透风的墙 mean?
没有不透风的墙 (méi yǒu bù tòu fēng de qiáng) has the following dictionary meaning.
1(idiom) no secret can be kept forever
Character breakdown
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没méi(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not有yǒuto have; there is · (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-透tòu(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through · to tell secretly; to leak风fēngwind · news的deof; ~'s (possessive particle) · (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)墙qiángvariant of 牆|墙[qiang2]
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