紙裡包不住火

Chinese

		paper	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing	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. (紙裡包不住火/紙裏包不住火)		紙	裡/裏	包	不住	火
simp. (纸里包不住火)		纸	里	包	不住	火
Literally: “Fire cannot be wrapped up in paper.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐ lǐ bāo bùzhù huǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐ lǐ bāo bùzhù huǒ [Phonetic: zhílǐbāobúzhùhuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐh lǐ bao bùjhù huǒ
    • Wade–Giles: chih³ li³ pao¹ pu⁴-chu⁴ huo³
    • Yale: jř lǐ bāu bù-jù hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy lii bau bujuh huoo
    • Palladius: чжи ли бао бучжу хо (čži li bao bučžu xo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

紙裡包不住火

1. Alternative form of 紙包不住火 / 纸包不住火 (zhǐ bāo bùzhù huǒ, “there is no concealing the truth; the truth will come out”)